Mental and Emotional Health

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of good mental/ emotional health?

• Having a sense of purpose

• Being overwhelmed by everyday challenges

• Having the ability to make safe, responsible decisions

• Being positive and hopeful about life

The ability to manage the difficulties that are part of life is called

• reliability.

• resilience.

• hostility.

• empathy.

Learning the skills required to cook a meal for your family would most impact your sense of

• competence

• resiliency.

• integrity.

• character.

Which of the following is an effective way to improve self-esteem?

• Use negative self-talk whenever possible.

• Remind yourself constantly of the poor choices you made in the past.

• Focus on your shortcomings.

• Accept your mistakes and think of them as learning opportunities

According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which of the following needs must be met first?

• Need to have a group of friends

• Need to feel safe from danger

• Need to reach your potential

• Need to have water

Being honest, loyal, and reliable

• trustworthiness

• respect

• responsibility

• fairness

Being open- minded and playing by the rules

• respect

• citizenship

• respnsible

• fairness

Signals that tell your mind and body how to react.

• hostility

• empathay

• hormones

• emotions

Chemicals secreted by glands that regulate the activity of body cells.

• emotions

• empathay

• hormones

• defense mechanisms

Ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels.

• empathy

• hostility

• fairness

• trustworthiness