Health Chapter 3 Vocab

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Psychological health

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Mental health defined negatively absence of illness or positively as the presence of wellness

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Self actualization

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The highest level of growth in Maslow hierarchy of needs

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Self concept

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The ideas, feelings and perception a person has about themselves also called self image

also called self image

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Self esteem

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Satisfaction confidence in yourself the valuing of yourself as a person.

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Autonomy

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Independence, the sense of being self directed

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Positive psychology

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The ability to define positive goals and identify concrete tangible, measurable ways of achieving them

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Emotion

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A feeling state involving some combination of thoughts, psychological changes and an outward expression or behavior

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Emotional intelligence

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The capacity to identify and manage your own emotions and The emotions of others

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Identity crisis

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Internal conflict about who you are

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Values

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Criteria for judging what is good and bad which underlie individuals moral decisions and behaviours

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Cognitive distortion

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A pattern negative thinking that makes events seem worse than they are.

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Self talk

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The statements a person makes to themselves

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Defense mechanism

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A mental mechanism for coping with conflict or anxiety

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Pessimism

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The tendency to expect an unfavourable outcome

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Optimism

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The tendency to expect a favorable outcome

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Assertiveness

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Expression that it forceful but not hostile

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Anxiety

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Fear that is not a response to any definate threat

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Specific phobia

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A persistent and excessive fear of a specific object, activity or situation.

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Social phobia

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An excessive fear of being observed by others. Speaking in public is the most common example.

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Panic disorder

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A syndrome I'd severe anxiety attacks accompanied by physical symptoms

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Agoraphobia

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An anxiety disorder characterized by feat of being alone away from help and by avoidance of many different places or situations in extreme cases fear of leaving home

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Panic attacks

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A brief surge of overwhelming anxiety that usually resolves in an hour or less

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Generalized Anxiety disorder (GAD)

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An anxiety disorder characterized by excessive uncontrollable sorry about all kinds of things and anxiety in many situations

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Obsessive compulsive disorder(OCD)

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An anxiety disorder characterized by uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts and the performing of senseless rituals

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Obsession

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A recurrent irrational unwanted thought or impulse

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Compulsion

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An irrational repetitive forces action usually associated with an obsession

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Posttraumatic stress disorder(PTSD)

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An anxiety disorder characterized by reliving traumatic presents through dreams flashbacks and hallucinations

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Acute stress disorder

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An anxiety disorder that resolves in a month or less

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD)

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A disorder characterized persistent pervasive problems with attention and/or hyperactivity to a degree that is not considered appropriate for a child's developmental state and causes significant difficulties in work, school, or relationships

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Mood disorder

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An emotional disturbance that is intense and persistent enough to effect normal function two common mood disorders are depression and bipolar disorder.

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Depression

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A mood disorder characterized by loss of interest, sadness hopelessness loss of appetite disturbed sleep and other physical symptoms

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Electroconvulsive therapy(ECT)

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The use of electric shock to induce brief generalized seizures used in the treatment of selected psychological disorders

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Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

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A mood disorder characterized by seasonal depression usually occurring in winter because of the lack of daylight

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Mania

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A mood disorder characterized by excessive elation irritability , talkativeness inflation of self esteem and expansiveness

talkativeness inflation of self esteem and expansiveness

talkativeness inflation of self esteem and expansiveness

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Bipolar disorder

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A mental illness characterized by alternating periods of depression and mania

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Schizophrenia

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A psychological disorder that involves a disturbance in thinking and perceiving reality

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Stimulus

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Anything that causes a response

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Response

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A reaction to a stimulus

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Reinforcement

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Increasing the further possibility of a response by following it with a reward

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Exposure

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A therapeutic technique for treating fear the subject learn to come into direct contact with a feared situation

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Psychological flexibility

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Then process of embracing the present moment as a concise human being then changing continuing your behavior in service of your own chosen values