Deviation from ideal mental health- Jahodas criteria

Deviation from ideal mental health- Jahodas criteria.    Psychological Abnormailty

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  • Created on: 08-04-12 14:26

1. Jahoda identified a number of criterias which are necessary for 'ideal' mental health, how many criteria did she suggest?

  • 5
  • 6
  • 3
  • 4
  • 9
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2. To be of 'ideal' mental health, you must have possitive attitudes towards what/who?

  • yourself
  • your family
  • your friends
  • your work aquaintences
  • your house

3. 'Be the best you can be'. This is the explanation of one of teh criterias, which one does it explain?

  • self actualisation of ones potential
  • Personal Autonomy
  • Accurate perception of reality
  • adapting to the enviroment
  • resistance to stress

4. Jahodas criteria says you must _____ to the enviroment. Fill the blank

  • rebel
  • adapt
  • contrast
  • Conform
  • ignore

5. What is concidered the main limitation of Jahodas criteria?

  • The criteria are difficult to meet
  • it emphasises what is healthy
  • it does not focus on illness

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Georgina

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im not sure about number 3, like i think the answer is wrong

Becky Simpson

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Number 3 is wrong as personal autonomy is whether you can look after and care for yourself.

abdulkerim

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would the answer to number 3 be 'self actualisation of ones potential'

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