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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
fast-acting autonomous nervous system (compared to the neuroendocrine system)
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Where Does The Fight and Flight Response System Occur?
in the autonomic nervous system (ANS): nerves that connect to the heart, blood vessels, smooth muscles, and glands
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Sympathetic Division
mobilizes energy during emergencies; engages the fight or flight response
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Parasympathetic Division
conserves energy; has calming effect on body
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Physiological Responses To Chronic Stress
slower-acting neuroendocrine system
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Cortisol
-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:
-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
aid provided by members of one's social networks
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Hardiness
a disposition marked by commitment, challenge, and control that is purportedly associated with strong stress resistance
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Optimists
engage in action-oriented, problem-focused, carefully planned coping; are more willing to seek social support
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Pessimists
deal with stress by avoiding it, giving up, or using denial
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Coping
efforts to master, reduce, or tolerate the demands created by stress
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Learned Helplessness:
passive behavior produced by exposure to unavoidable aversive events
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Learned Helplessness-Martin Seligman
dogs in electrifying cage
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Frustration Aggression Hypothesis:
aggression is always due to frustration
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Freud:
aggressive acts release emotional tension in a process called catharsis
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Displacement
the transfer of negative emotion from one person or thing to an unrelated person or thing
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Why Do Students Procrastinate?
-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
refers to efforts to deal with stressful events that are judged to be relatively healthful
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Constructive Coping Involves:
-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:
1) appraisal-focused 2) problem-focused 3) emotion-focused
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Appraisal-Focused Strategies
-detecting negative self-talk -rational thinking -finding humor in the situation
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Problem-Focused Strategies
-active problem solving -seeking social support -improving self-control
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Emotion-Focused Strategies
-distracting oneself -exercising -meditating
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Elli's Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy and the (ABC) Model
therapy that focuses on altering clients' patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive emotions and behavior
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Negative Appraisals (or beliefs)
often associated with catastrophic thinking, which exaggerates the magnitude of our problems
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Positive (realistic and/or optimistic)
appraisals allow constructive coping
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Using Systematic Problem Solving
-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:
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
-Emotional Support -Esteem Support -Tangible or Instrumental Support -Informational Support -Network Support
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Types Of Control
1) BehaviouralControl 2) Cognitive Control 3) Decisional Control 4) Informational Control
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Enhancing Emotional Intelligence:
-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..?
burnout
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Components Of Burnout
1) Exhaustion 2) Cynicism 3) Lowered self-efficacy
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Aristotle's Definition Of Happiness
happiness was attained by living a virtuous life and being a good person
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Definition Of Happiness
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
happiness was the ratio of one's accomplishments to one's aspirations
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Positive Illusion
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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Happiness starts to increase at age
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The correlation between a nation's well-being score and its gross national product is...
+67
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Gender, age, ethnicity, and income account for only __ to __ % of the variation in happiness
10 to 15%
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Two personality traits that are closely related to well-being:
-Extraversion (warmth, positive emotions, etc) -Neuroticism (anxiety, depression, etc)
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Factors Affecting People's Subjective Well-Being:
-personality -life satisfaction -social support -socioeconomic status
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HPA
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. (slow acting response)

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