Chapter 3 PPT Notes

Question 1

Attitude

Answer 1

a pattern of thinking, feeling, and responding

Question 2

Self-perpetuating cycle

Answer 2

a chain of events that repeats itself and is very difficult to stop because it has the power continue built into the cycle itself

Question 3

Positive Attitude

Answer 3

work hard, achieve success, feel more positive

Question 4

negative attitude

Answer 4

complaining drives away others, causes person to feel negative

Question 5

Mindfulness

Answer 5

thinking about your own thoughts and feelings

Question 6

Mental health

Answer 6

describes the overall condition of your social and emotional well-being

Question 7

What does mental health depend on?

Answer 7

how well you deal with feelings about yourself, others and the world

Question 8

Defense Mechanism

Answer 8

unhealthy methods people unconsciously use to deal with life situations

Question 9

Direct attack

Answer 9

recognize the problem, make a plan to solve it

Question 10

Compensation

Answer 10

focus on your strengths, not weaknesses

Question 11

Self-talk

Answer 11

little messages that you send to yourself

Question 12

Stress

Answer 12

your body’s response to demanding life events that cause tension

Question 13

3 types of stress

Answer 13

1. Routine Stress
2. Transitional Stress
3. Stress from traumatic events

Question 14

Routine Stress

Answer 14

comes from the demands of everyday activities

Question 15

Transitional Stress

Answer 15

comes during processes of growing and developing

Question 16

Traumatic Events

Answer 16

are serious, usually negative, life changes that cause emotional upset

Question 17

Fight-or-Flight Response

Answer 17

produces stress hormones to give the body increased strength and speed

Question 18

Stress Hormones

Answer 18

Chemicals that cause the heart to beat harder and faster, open wide the airways to the lungs, increase metabolism, increase the flow of blood to the large muscles, and suppress the immune system

Question 19

Chronic Stress

Answer 19

stress that doesn’t go away

Question 20

Physical effects

Answer 20

high blood pressure, heart attacks, stomach ulcers

Question 21

Emotional Effects

Answer 21

tensions, anxiety, and anger

Question 22

Relationship effects

Answer 22

difficulty forming strong relationships, poor decision-making, abuse

Question 23

3 ways to manage stress

Answer 23

1. recognize your body’s stress signs
2. identify the sources of your stress
3. manage the stressful situation

Question 24

4 problems anger can cause

Answer 24

1. Destroy relationships
2. Hurt others physically or emotionally
3. Physical illness
4. Poor mental health

Question 25

Anxiety

Answer 25

the uneasy feeling people experience when they believe something terrible will happen

Question 26

Depression

Answer 26

an overwhelming attitude of sadness, discouragement, and hopelessness

Question 27

Causes of depression

Answer 27

1. major loss
2. physical causes
3. pattern of negative thinking
4. self-pitty

Question 28

Self-pitty

Answer 28

feeling sorry for yourself

Question 29

Suicide

Answer 29

taking one’s life

Question 30

Sex roles

Answer 30

a culture’s definition of how males and females should behave

Question 31

Stereotype

Answer 31

an oversimplified opinion about how a member of a certain group should behave

Question 32

sex stereotypes

Answer 32

oversimplified beliefs about characteristics shared by all members of a sex