LE200-C3L2 - Developing a Positive Attitude - MC Test

Why do you need a positive attitude?

• It will improve your grades

• It will make you a more successful student

• It will improve your problem solving skills

• It will distract other individuals

What should you do if you want to be a winner?

• Think like a winner

• Work harder than everyone else

• Put your needs before others

• Be prepared for any situation

What is the first step to developing a positive attitude?

• Realize the benefits of trial and error

• Accept that you won’t always succeed at everything

• Realize you are entitled to a learning curve

• Handle your mistakes well

What can defense mechanisms turn into if you’re not careful?

• Fear

• Excuses

• Anxiety

• Indifference

What is constantly using defense mechanisms a sign of?

• A. A negative attitude

• B. Self-esteem issues

• C. An insecure personality

• D. An immature personality

Which defense mechanism is used when a person transfers a feeling about a person or an object to another, less threatening object?

• Displacement

• Repression

• Rationalization

• Acting out

Which defense mechanism is used when a person pushes disturbing thoughts, wishes, or experience from one’s conscious awareness while the feeling continues to operate on an unconscious level?

• Displacement

• Repression

• Rationalization

• Projection

Which defense mechanism is used when a person conceals the true motivations for one’s thoughts, actions, or feelings by offering reassuring but incorrect explanations?

• Displacement

• Denial

• Rationalization

• Projection

Which defense mechanism is used when a person falsely attributes to others their own unacceptable feelings, impulses, or thoughts?

• Displacement

• Repression

• Rationalization

• Projection

Which defense mechanism is used when a person refuses to acknowledge some painful aspect of external reality?

• Acting out

• Denial

• Rationalization

• Projection