1. _____ is a feeling that someone or something is important and should be treated in an appropriate way.
A. Responsibility
B. Respect
C. Trustworthiness
D. Caring

2. A mentor is someone you trust and respect who can guide and teach you certain things. A mentor should also display good character. Lee is one of your possible mentors, and he exhibits all of the following traits Which of Less traits would cause you to chose someone else as a mentor?
A. appreciative of life
B. capable of loving others
C. realistic and accepting
D. unfair and prejudiced

3. For you to have positive self-concept, it is most important that
A. you think positively about yourself.
B. your friends think positively about you.
C. your grandparents think positively about you
D. your parents or guardians think positively about you.

4. Which scenario describes eustress?
A. Your heart starts beating fast and you get very nervous when the news reports that your house is in the path of the tornado
B. Your parents call to ask why your seven-year-old brother is not home yet and you realize you forgot to
pick him up from school.
C. You are extremely nervous and start sweating while waiting in line for your name to be called to accept
your high school diploma.
D. You begin shivering while hiding in the bathroom of the grocery store hoping a robber does not realize
you are there.

5. What is the first step in responding healthfully to a strong or difficult emotion?
A. Listen to music
B. Ignore your feelings
C. Say whats on your mind
D. Try to understand what you are feeling

6. _______ are coping strategies that help you protect yourself from difficult feelings.
A. Defense mechanisms
B. Learned emotions
C. Primary emotions
D. Secondary emotions

7. Every time your cousin Lupita comes to visit, she has to ring the doorbell 10 times, even if she sees you walking towered the door to answer Which of the following personality disorders does this behavior describe?
A. schizophrenia
B. generalized anxiety disorder
C. obsessive-compulsive disorder
D. depression



9. Which defense mechanism is used by a person who constantly blames his unbearable feelings on another person?
A. rationalization
B. compensation
C. denial
D. projection

10. According to psychologist Abraham Maslow, a person must have his or her physical needs, the need to feel safe,
the need to belong, and the need for esteem met in order to reach
A. self-concept.
B. self-actualization.
C. self-esteem.
D. self-awareness.

11. When teens are asked by peers to engage in risky behaviors, they should practice abstinence, or a way to
A. refrain from engaging in risky behaviors.
B. engage in risky behaviors with peers.
C. hide their uncomfortable feelings.
D. deal with all of their emotions

12. Which answer explains why anger, one of the primary emotions, can have positive consequences.
A. As a parent, if you are angry most of the time, your children will behave.
B. Yelling at your friend for being late to your house will make them be on time from now on.
C. Being angry at yourself for losing your key a third time makes you hang it on the kitchen hook from
now on so you always know where to find it.
D. Yelling at your dog for barking while you and your friends ride bikes past the yard will get him to stop
being annoying.

13. Which statement would a teen with low self-esteem most likely say?
A. All of my friends thought it was a song, but after I listened to it I thought the tune was quite catchy
B. I don’t want to play soccer with you guys. It’s a sport. I’d rather go home and play video games alone.
C. Wow, I cannot believe I made that leap, but I think I can jump that hurdle without my back foot touching next time
D. The barber messed up my haircut, but I can deal with it for a while. I could actually get used to the
shorter hair. It fits me.

14. If you were experiencing low self-esteem because you lost all of your hair due to a bad skin allergy, what might prevent you from improving your self-concept?
A. Focus on your strengths and your positives.
B. Form relationships with people with high self-esteem.
C. Ignore what other people think of you.
D. Tell others the negative things you think about yourself.

15. Your best friend is in the hospital with a serious illness. This stressor can be classified as a(n)
A. catastrophe.
B. environmental problem.
C. everyday problem.
D. major life change