MAE 309 Mental Health and Hygiene

Who said “Mental hygiene is the study of the ways and means for keeping the mind healthy and developing”?

• Skinner

• Drever

• Bernard

• D.B. Klien

Which of the following is characteristic of mentally healthy person?

• Balance

• Pessimist

• Inactive

• Unrealistic

Which is the correct order of needs?

• Safety >Physiological> Esteem> Self-actualization> Belongingness

• Physiological > Safety> Belongingness> Esteem> Self-actualization

• Esteem> Self-actualization> Belongingness > Physiological > Safety

• Belongingness> Physiological > Safety> Esteem> Self-actualization

The science of maintaining and restoring mental health preventing the development of mental disorder is called

• Mental health

• Mental hygiene

• Psychiatry

• None of the above

Which one of the following is NOT the goal of mental hygiene?

• Realization of Potentialities

• Happiness

• Harmonious Development

• Mutual understanding

The correct statement is

• Violation of norms is feature of wholesome personality

• Statistical rarity is one criteria of abnormality

• Integrated personality is other name of abnormal personality

• No conflict is found in abnormal personality

The process of adjustment is described by -----stage analysis

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

Who said “Adjustment means modification to compensate for or meet special conditions”

• James Drever

• C.V. Good

• Shaffer

• Skinner

The cause of maladjustment in school is

• Poverty

• Adoption

• Inadequate training of teachers

• Emotional shock

The adjustment mechanism which means going backward or returning to the past is

• Sublimation

• Compensation

• Rationalization

• Regression