Stress and Defense Mechanisms

What is good stress called?

• Stress
• Good stress
• Eustress
• Distress

What is bad stress called?

• Bad stress
• Eustress
• Distress
• All of the above

A stressor is any event, situation, or thing that causes someone to feel stressed.

• True
• False

Stress is your mind and body's reaction to demands and challenges.

• True
• False

Select the stress management technique(s).

• Use refusal skills
• Plan ahead
• Think positively
• Practice relaxation techniques
• Seek support

Correctly match the stress management technique to its definition

• Meditation, deep-breathing

• Think positively

• Be able to say "no"

• Use refusal skills

• organize tasks & schedule in advance

• Redirect your energy

• focus efforts on positive activities

• Plan ahead

• focus on the good aspects of a situation

• Practice relaxation techniques

Select which defense mechanism best fits this description: Steering clear of difficult situations

• Avoidance
• Denial

• Displacement

• Regression

Select which defense mechanism best fits this description: Working harder in one area to cover for a weakness

• Avoidance
• Compensation

• Fantasy/Daydreaming

• Repression

Select which defense mechanism best fits this description: Pretending you don’t have a problem

• Denial

• Compensation

• Regression

• Repression

Select which defense mechanism best fits this description: Taking out your frustration on something else instead of dealing with the problem

• Denial

• Regression

• Displacement

• Repression