MrCruiser Has Been Surfing the Web

question 18

Multiple Choice

Mr.Cruiser has been surfing the Web.He is looking for healthcare information on low back pain.He shows the clinic nurse a webpage he thinks is great and tells her that he has been following the exercises recommended by the author.He wants to know what she thinks about the site.When the clinic nurse evaluates this site,she discovers that its author is a personal trainer.No credentials are listed.In several testimonials on the page,people (their pictures are included) say how wonderful they feel after having done these exercises.The exercises all have animated demos when you click on the pertinent highlighted text or icon.They seem easy to follow.The site was posted 5 years earlier and was last updated 3 years before.The clinic nurse advises Mr.Cruiser to:

• A) avoid this site.
• B) check with his primary healthcare provider.
• C) continue with the exercises.
• D) contact the author for additional exercise and feedback.

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Definitions:

Defensive Style

The characteristic manner in which an individual habitually copes with stress, threats, and conflicts, often through specific defense mechanisms.

Unconscious Defense Mechanisms

Tactics used by the subconscious mind to alter, deny, or twist reality to guard against anxiety and undesirable tendencies.

Denial

A defense mechanism where confrontation with a reality or fact is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality.

Sublimation

A psychological defense mechanism where socially unacceptable impulses are transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior.