Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
72 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Dimensions of Wellness (6)
|
Physical
Emotional Spiritual Social/Interpersonal Intellectual Environmental |
|
|
Physical Wellness
|
Exercising
Eating well Avoid harmful habits We can be well w/o being healthy |
|
|
Emotional Wellness
|
• Feeling of optimism, trust, self-esteem, satisfying relationships, and an ability to share feelings
|
|
|
Spiritual Wellness
|
Possess a set of guiding beliefs, values, or principles that give meaning to life.
|
|
|
Social or Interpersonal Wellness
|
Mutually loving, supportive people in their lives
Good communication skills and a network of family and friends |
|
|
Intellectual Wellness
|
Openness to new ideas, the ability to question and think, and the motivation to master new skills
|
|
|
Environmental Wellness
|
Livability of our surroundings
Food supply, how safe we feel, etc. |
|
|
Sex
|
Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women
|
|
|
Gender
|
Roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society deems appropriate for men and women
|
|
|
Gender related characteristics may...
|
predispose people to certain health risks
|
|
|
Ethnicity
|
background
Affects health because some genetic diseases are concentrated in certain gene pools. |
|
|
Income and Education
|
•Can afford to eat better or can only afford unhealthy foods
•People with higher poverty rates and lower education have worst health status, poverty and educational attainment are better predictors for health than ethnicity Disabilities may have limitations to be active, affects health Less access to good health care |
|
|
Geographic Location
|
less health care in rural areas
living in dangerous urban neighborhood |
|
|
Sexual orientation
|
gay, lesbian, bisexual- engage in more dangerous sex
|
|
|
How do you choose wellness
|
Behavior, family history, environment
-smoking -make health a priority self-efficacy |
|
|
Central Locus of control
|
believes in personal control to change
|
|
|
External Locus of Control
|
blame external influences control
|
|
|
SMART
|
Specific
Measurable Attainable Realistic Time-frame specific |
|
|
Stress
|
the collective physiological and emotional response to any stimulus that disturbs homeostasis
|
|
|
Homeostasis
|
state of stability and consistency in an individual's physiological functioning (balance or normalcy)
|
|
|
Physiological
|
body's reaction
|
|
|
Stimulus
|
stressor: anything that triggers a reaction
|
|
|
physical response is controlled by what?
|
nervous system and endocrine system
|
|
|
Nervous system
|
autonomic: can't control- controls stress response
sympathetic: how we react parasympathetic: calms us down |
|
|
Endocrine
|
hormones- chemical reactions
-fight or flight sweating |
|
|
Type A personality
|
controlling, schedule driven, hostile, aggressive
|
|
|
Type B
|
less hurried and less frustrated by daily events, think more, contemplative, tolerant
|
|
|
Type C
|
anger suppression, difficulty expressing emotions, feel hopeless, despairing
|
|
|
Hardy personality
|
views stressors as challenges
|
|
|
GAS
(General Adaptation Syndrome) |
body's predictable pattern to responding to stress
|
|
|
Eustress
|
good or pleasant
|
|
|
Distress
|
bad stressor
|
|
|
Stages of GAS: ARE?
|
Alarm: fight or flight
Resistant: body designs new level of homeostasis Exhaustion: body doesn't make that new level and becomes distress- vulnerable |
|
|
Allostatic load
|
long term wear and tear of the stress response- trouble dealing with stress, depends on genetics, life experiences, and responses to stressors
|
|
|
Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)
|
study of how nervous systems work together
|
|
|
Health problems linked with stress
|
-high blood pressure
-more colds and infections -cancer -digestive problems -headaches -insomnia -fatigue -injury -pregnancy/menstrual |
|
|
sources of stress
|
school, relationships, money, weight, major life changes
|
|
|
Burn out:
|
state of physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion
|
|
|
stress management
|
communication, exercise, diet, sleep, time management, say no, spirituality
|
|
|
Psychological health
|
contributes to every dimension of wellness- aware of own potential
-positively (presence of wellness) -negatively (absence of sickness) |
|
|
Self-actualization
|
positive, ambitious outlook
maslow |
|
|
Hierarchy of needs
|
realism-change what can be and deal with what can't
acceptance: self-concept (perceptions one has), self-esteem autonomy- inner directed, other directed maslow |
|
|
Authenticity
|
they are themselves
|
|
|
Hierarchy of needs pyramid
|
biological and physiological, safety, love, esteem, cognitive, aesthetic, self-actualization, transcendence
BaP SLECASaT |
|
|
Defense mechanism
|
allows a person to rearrange their thoughts and feelings to resolve conflicts
|
|
|
Repression
|
expelling from your consciousness unpleasant thoughts
|
|
|
Denial
|
refusing to acknowledge what you know is true
|
|
|
Anxiety disorders
|
simple phobia, social phobia, panic disorders, agoraphobia, Generalized anxiety disorder, OCD, PTSD,
|
|
|
Mood disorders
|
depression, demoralizaiton,
exogenous (external trigger) Endogenous (internal, chemical) |
|
|
Mania
Bipolar |
restlessness, extremes
up and down mood swings |
|
|
Perspectives of human nature:
|
Biological, behavioral, cognitive, psychodynamic
|
|
|
How to develop intimate relationships:
|
give of yourself, not always sexual, self-concept/esteem, roots of identity and self (developed during childhood, gender roles, style of attachment)
|
|
|
Characteristics of Friendship:
|
companionship, respect, acceptance, help, trust, loyalty, mutuality, reciprocity
|
|
|
Love...
|
one of most basic human emotions, gives life meaning,
|
|
|
Sex...
|
passion, provides commitment, pleasure, faithfulness, passion may decrease overtime, but intimacy will grow
|
|
|
Strong relationship:
|
trust, caring, respect, loyalty, interest in the other, concern of other's wellbeing
|
|
|
Human emotions have two components:
|
physiological arousal and emotional explanation for the arousal
|
|
|
Communication
|
the ability to interpret messages
verbal (spoken) nonverbal (body language)- as much as 65% of communication |
|
|
Self-disclosure:
|
revealing information about yourself
|
|
|
Feedback
|
constructive response to someon else's self-discloser
|
|
|
Men Communication:
|
dominance, competitive, men talk more and listen less
|
|
|
Women communication:
|
affiliate way, seeking advice, obtaining cues from listening and eye contact
|
|
|
Cohabitation rates:
|
by age 30 half of all men and women will have cohabitated
|
|
|
Parenting styles:
|
authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, uninvolved
|
|
|
Authoritarian:
|
high in demanding and low in responsiveness
|
|
|
Authoritative:
|
high in demanding and responsiveness
|
|
|
Permissive:
|
high in responsiveness, but low in demanding
|
|
|
Uninvolved:
|
low in demanding and responsiveness
|
|
|
Easy Children:
|
happy and content, regular sleeping and eating patterns, adaptable and not easily upset
|
|
|
Difficult Children:
|
fussy, fearful, regular eating and sleeping, often easily upset and sometimes hard to soothe
|
|
|
Slow-to-warm-up children
|
somewhat fussy and act negatively to a new situation, but once they warm-up they are easy to deal with
|
|
|
Successful families terms:
|
commitment, appreciation, communication, time together, spiritual wellness, coping with stress and crisis
|
