Practice Quiz

MTEL Health/Family and Consumer Sciences - Question List

Select how would you like to study

Study Mode Free Daily Question Test Mode
31.
Which of the following personal strategies is likely to be most effective for alleviating feelings of generalized anxiety and stress?
  1. Ignoring bothersome things in one's life in hope that they dissipate.
  2. Frequently expressing thoughts in a stream-of-consciousness manner to someone (e.g., friend, family member).
  3. Challenging oneself to tackle a lengthy difficult task that one has been procrastinating about or avoiding.
  4. Redirecting one's attention and energy to a pleasant activity (e.g., contacting a friend, taking a walk, playing a game).
See answer
32.
An elementary school teacher would like to nurture the development of students' self-esteem. The teacher's goal is to improve their motivation and feelings of academic success. Which of the following approaches is likely to be most effective in achieving this goal?
  1. Creating a short list of annual learning goals for all students based on curriculum standards.
  2. Assisting students in developing specific individual goals based on learning strengths and needs.
  3. Scheduling class time each month for students to share the benefits of their personal learning strategies.
  4. Establishing a method of reporting individual student learning and achievement to parents/guardians.
See answer
33.
The mother of an adolescent girl is concerned about her daughter's mental health. Lately, her daughter has been exhibiting signs of depression and withdrawal. The mother makes an appointment for her daughter with a doctor. Which of the following additional actions is most important for the mother to take in this situation?
  1. Be supportive and keep communicating with her daughter, and monitor the type and frequency of the behavior that is worrisome.
  2. Arrange to take a trip over a long weekend to provide the girl with a change of scenery and a change of pace.
  3. Attempt to engage her daughter in talking therapy in which the mother assumes the role of a mental health counselor.
  4. Research treatment options related to teenage depression on the Internet in order to prepare for a variety of diagnoses.
See answer
34.
Some health professionals believe that when a person has little opportunity to act in a self- directed way, the person may develop a deeply felt need for control. When this need is met through excessive control over one's body, it becomes a coping behavior that is significant in the development of:
  1. Bipolar or manic-depressive disorder.
  2. Schizophrenia
  3. Anorexia or bulimia nervosa.
  4. Asperger's syndrome.
See answer
35.
Two individuals who have been friends for several years have recently become estranged due to the behavior of one friend toward the other. The friend whose behavior caused this rift feels badly. Which of the following communication methods would be most effective for this friend to use to begin to heal the relationship?
  1. Minimizing the event.
  2. Providing an excuse.
  3. Accepting responsibility.
  4. Ignoring the event.
See answer

Select how would you like to study

Study Mode Free Daily Question Test Mode