Health Chapter 7 Review

People with good mental/emotional health do NOT exhibit

• a sense of detachment

• a sense of purpose

• autonomy

• a positive outlook

Being able to "walk in another person's shoes" is a sign of

• compassion

• sympathy

• empathy

• envy

When you have a healthy identity, you will experience

• increased risk behaviors

• increased self-esteem

• negative self-talk

• lack of confidence

The one aspect of your personality over which you have the most control over is

• behavior

• environment

• heredity

• expectations

Viewing negative events realistically improves self-esteem

• True

• False

Defense mechanisms can protect you from being overwhelmed by strong emotions over the short term

• True

• False

Heredity is one of the two main influences on your personality

• True

• False

Positive self-talk does not truly benefit your mental/emotional health

• True

• False

Personality is a set of characteristics that makes you the same as others

• True

• False

Hormones can cause emotional and physical changes in the body

• True

• False