Emotion/Psychological Wellbeing

Question 1

Definition of Emotion

Answer 1

A personal experience that involves a mixture of physiological responses, subjective feelings, and expressive behaviors.

Question 2

Anger - Intensity scale

Answer 2

Annoyed, frustrated, mad, angry, furious, enraged.

Question 3

What are the 6 basic emotions?

Answer 3

Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Fear, Anger, Excitement.

Question 4

3 components of emotions

Answer 4

Physiological responses, subjective feelings, physiological responses.

Question 5

What does the sympathetic nervous system do?

Answer 5

• response to stress and speed up body functions
• responsible for flight, fight, and fright response.
• when threatened this system speeds up heartrate, increases blood pressure, blood flow to muscles, pupils widen and digestions decreases.

Question 6

What does the parasympathetic nervous system do?

Answer 6

• slows down the body function
• responsible for maintenance of bodys energy
• assists with heart regulation and digestive processes
• returns body to state of rest after arousal.

Question 7

Why is the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system important?

Answer 7

When balanced the nervous system maintains adaptive and healthy functioning.

Question 8

What are the 3 theories of laughter?

Answer 8

incongruity, relief and superiority.

Question 9

What is Relief theory?

Answer 9

posits that humor serves as a release of tension or pent up emotions.

Question 10

What is Superiority theory?

Answer 10

Humour results from feeling superior to others or situations.

Question 11

What is Martin Seligman’s definition of Positive Psychology?

Answer 11

positive psychology is founded on the belief that people want to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives. to flourish.

Question 12

What does PERMA stand for?

Answer 12

P - positive emotion
E - engagement
R - relationships
M - meaning
A - accomplishment

Question 13

How can expressive behaviours be interpreted differently between cultures?

Answer 13

people can thing that hand actions and signals can mean different thing.

Question 14

What is sleep hygiene?

Answer 14

Thing in your behavioural control that can help you have optimal sleep quality and quantity.

Question 15

What are the 7 rules of Sleep hygiene?

Answer 15

1. consistent wake up time
2. comfortable and quiet environment
3. no caffeine within 4 hours of sleep
4. don’t nap during the day
5. establish a bedtime routine
6. avoid looking at screens before bed
7. have a bath/shower 90mins before bed