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Chapter 11: Health & Well-Being Flashcards

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Biopsychosocial

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Biology, Psychology, Social Context = Health

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This Chapters Focus Is On..(2)

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Stress & Coping Tactics

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Subjective Well-Being

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is individual’s overall evaluation of life satisfaction and happiness

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Positive Psychology

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a movement within psychology that applies research to provide people with the knowledge and skills that allow them to experience fulfilling lives

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Three Lines Of Inquiry In Positive Psychology:

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  1. Positive Subjective Experiences: positive moods, positive emotions, flow, mindfulness
  2. Positive Individual Traits: Hope, resilience, grit, gratitude
  3. Positive Institutions: Positive workplaces, positive schools
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Elements Of Positive Psychology (4)

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-Positive Mood
-Gratitude
-Positive Attitude
-Happiness

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Growing Up Pyramid (Top To Bottom)

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Self-Actualization
Esteem
Love/Belonging
Safety
Physiological

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Post-Traumatic Growth

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When survivors of serious illnesses, accidents, natural disasters, and other traumatic events, can successfully cope with the trauma and reflect on the event in a positive way

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6 Domains Of Post-Traumatic Growth

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-new possibilities
-relating to others
-personal strength
-appreciation of life
-spiritual change
-life priority change

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Stress

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a lack of fit between perceived demands and perceived ability to cope with the demands

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Stress Is Felt When:

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perceived resources<perceived demands

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Primary Appraisal

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initial evaluation of the relevance, level of threat, and degree of stress the event brings

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Secondary Appraisal

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an evaluation of our ability to cope

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Ambient Stress

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chronic negative conditions embedded in the enviroment

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Variety Of Types Of Environmental Stress

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-excessive noise, traffic, pollution
-crowding
-poverty (associated with elevated stress hormones)

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Rich Countries Struggle To Get:

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Self-Actualization and Esteem

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Poor Countries Struggle To Get:

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Safety and Physiological

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Acute Stressors

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threatening events that have a relatively short duration and clear endpoint. ex. job interview

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Chronic Stressors

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threatening events that have a relatively long duration and no readily apparent time limit. ex. relationship conflicts

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Anticipatory Stressors

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upcoming or future events that are perceived to be threatening. (can affect us psychologically and physically)

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2 Types Of Pressure

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-Pressure to perform
-Pressure to conform to expectations

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SRRS

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social readjustment rating scale

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3 Levels Of Stress Responses

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-emotional responses. ex anger
-physiological responses. ex hormonal fluctuations
-behavioral responses. ex coping efforts

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Intensity Of Stress (Least to Most)

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Chronic
Acute Stress
Traumatic Stress

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Physiological Responses To Acute Stress

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fast-acting autonomous nervous system (compared to the neuroendocrine system)

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Where Does The Fight and Flight Response System Occur?

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in the autonomic nervous system (ANS): nerves that connect to the heart, blood vessels, smooth muscles, and glands

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Sympathetic Division

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mobilizes energy during emergencies; engages the fight or flight response

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Parasympathetic Division

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conserves energy; has calming effect on body

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Physiological Responses To Chronic Stress

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slower-acting neuroendocrine system

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Cortisol

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-increase blood sugar
-heightened memory and attention
-increase in blood pressure
-decrease sensitivity to pain
-decrease serotonin
-suppress the immune system

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Inverted-U Hypothesis Predicts:

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-For low complexity tasks, a high level of arousal is best (rising graph)
-For medium complexity tasks, a medium level of arousal is best (n shaped-graph)
-For high complexity tasks, a low level of arousal is best (decreasing graph)

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Social Support

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aid provided by members of one’s social networks

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Hardiness

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a disposition marked by commitment, challenge, and control that is purportedly associated with strong stress resistance

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Optimists

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engage in action-oriented, problem-focused, carefully planned coping; are more willing to seek social support

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Pessimists

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deal with stress by avoiding it, giving up, or using denial

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Coping

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efforts to master, reduce, or tolerate the demands created by stress

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Learned Helplessness:

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passive behavior produced by exposure to unavoidable aversive events

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Learned Helplessness-Martin Seligman

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dogs in electrifying cage

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Frustration Aggression Hypothesis:

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aggression is always due to frustration

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Freud:

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aggressive acts release emotional tension in a process called catharsis

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Displacement

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the transfer of negative emotion from one person or thing to an unrelated person or thing

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Why Do Students Procrastinate?

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-desire to minimize time on a task
-desire to optimize efficiency
-close proximity to reward
-students often get rewarded for procrastination

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Construction Coping

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refers to efforts to deal with stressful events that are judged to be relatively healthful

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Constructive Coping Involves:

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-confronting problems directly
-effort
-realistic appraisals of stress and coping resources
-learning to recognize and manage disruptive emotional reactions to stress

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3 Main Categories Of Constructive Coping Strategies:

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1) appraisal-focused
2) problem-focused
3) emotion-focused

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Appraisal-Focused Strategies

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-detecting negative self-talk
-rational thinking
-finding humor in the situation

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Problem-Focused Strategies

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-active problem solving
-seeking social support
-improving self-control

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Emotion-Focused Strategies

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-distracting oneself
-exercising
-meditating

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Elli’s Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy and the (ABC) Model

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therapy that focuses on altering clients’ patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive emotions and behavior

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Negative Appraisals (or beliefs)

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often associated with catastrophic thinking, which exaggerates the magnitude of our problems

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Positive (realistic and/or optimistic)

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appraisals allow constructive coping

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Using Systematic Problem Solving

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-clarifying the problem
-generate alternative courses of action
-evaluate your alternatives and select a course of action
-take action while maintaining flexibility

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2 Psychosocial Modifiers Of Stress Are:

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1) Social Support
-the perceived comfort, caring, esteem, or help people receive from other people
2) A Sense Of Personal Control
-the feeling that one can make decisions and take effective action to produce desirable outcomes and avoid undesirable ones

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Types Of Social Support

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-Emotional Support
-Esteem Support
-Tangible or Instrumental Support
-Informational Support
-Network Support

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Types Of Control

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1) BehaviouralControl
2) Cognitive Control
3) Decisional Control
4) Informational Control

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Enhancing Emotional Intelligence:

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-be capable to perceive and express emotion
-use emotions to facilitate thought
-understand and reason with emotion
-regulate emotion

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Low Emotional Intelligence is linked to..?

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burnout

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Components Of Burnout

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1) Exhaustion
2) Cynicism
3) Lowered self-efficacy

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Aristotle’s Definition Of Happiness

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happiness was attained by living a virtuous life and being a good person

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Definition Of Happiness

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the road to happiness lies in the satisfaction of one’s desires and the hedonistic pursuit of pleasure

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William James’ Definition Of Happiness

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happiness was the ratio of one’s accomplishments to one’s aspirations

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Positive Illusion

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an inflated view of one’s own characteristics as a good, able, and desirable person

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Happiness peaks at age

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74

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Happiness starts to increase at age

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46

64
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The correlation between a nation’s well-being score and its gross national product is…

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+67

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Gender, age, ethnicity, and income account for only __ to __ % of the variation in happiness

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10 to 15%

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Two personality traits that are closely related to well-being:

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-Extraversion (warmth, positive emotions, etc)
-Neuroticism (anxiety, depression, etc)

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Factors Affecting People’s Subjective Well-Being:

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-personality
-life satisfaction
-social support
-socioeconomic status

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HPA

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hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. (slow acting response)

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