Exam 1 Flashcards

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Law of Present-Moment Living

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Locus of Control (What does it mean?)

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Locus of control is the degree to which people believe that they, as opposed to external forces, have control over the outcome of events in their lives.

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Optimistic explanatory style

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The way you mentally explain the things that happen to you is at the heart of optimism. Optimists explain positive events in terms of personal, permanent causes and negative events in terms of external, temporary causes.

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Kelly McGonigal Ted Talk

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But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.

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Psychoneuroimmunology definition

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the study of the effect of the mind on health and resistance to disease

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Type A personality conclusions

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the precise forms of hostility that place many workaholics at increased risk of heart disease and early death,
Toxic core:
-free floating hostility: permanent deep set anger
-cynisism and supsiciousness” distrust, suspect bad intentions
-excessive self involvment: self centered

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Youth Depression is a Cause for Concern article

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The third alternative

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The 3rd Alternative thinking involves applying four paradigms: “I See Myself”, “I See You”, “I Seek You Out”, and “I Synergize With You”.

The 3rd Alternative, he said, explores this topic, primarily in the section covering this third paradigm, “I Seek You Out”.[5] The final and most lengthy section describes the process of arriving at synergy. It involves four steps: “Ask the 3rd Alternative Question”, “Define Criteria of Success”, “Create 3rd Alternatives”, and “Arrive at Synergy”.

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The focus of Pete Carrol

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“It’s about being the very best you can be. Nothing else matters as long as you’re working and striving to be your best. Always compete. It’s truly that simple. Find the way to do your best. Compete in everything you do.”
Being more present on a daily basis as you engage with whatever you do alongside society as a whole. Relentlessly competing to be your best self is an extremely rewarding process..

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The 5 C’s (matching)

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Protective Factors against stress:
commitment- believing in the importance and meaning of your experiences and activities.
control-believing that one’s actions will create observed outcomes.
challenge-believing that change is an opportunity rather than a threat
coherence-belief that ones internal and external environments are predictable, hope and trust in God
connectedness- giving and receiving support in a community or family

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What’s the key to getting through grief?

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Grief does not just follow the death of a loved one
It doesn’t just take time
Grief work can bring a peace and remembrance of our loss without searing pain
Working through the pain and not ignoring it

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Experience of assembly line workers and stress

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Addressing anxiety – The Wiser Mind

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We must choose the Wiser Mind:
Have a plan for the WCS
Run your thought process by the experts
Just breathe
Avoid ”catastrophizing, generalizing, and black/white”
Visualize
Focus on the moment
Worry period
Sleep
Exercise
Medication

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Mice, bells, shocks, and treadmills!

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How to manage and deal with stress: Protective Factors

SHOCK + SOMETHING TO CHEW ON:HOBBY
SHOCK + ANOTHER MOUSE HE/SHE LIKES: SOCIAL SUPPORT
WARNING + LEVER + SHOCK : feeling of CONTROL
WARNING + SHOCK: PREDICTABILITY
SHOCK + SOMEONE TO BITE: OUTLET

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Defense mechanisms (Side Order #15)

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See pages bottom right

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The 3 P’s

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How we perceive and explain out personal life events impacts our health both mental and physical

Personal- don’t personalize events doesn’t define me
Permanent- know they can change won’t happen next time
Pervasive-it is specific not normal for me

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The “stress response” according to Robert Sapolsky

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The stress response is the array of neural and endocrine changes that occur in the zebra and the lion, designed to get them through the current crisis and reestablish homeostasis.
Finally, while the acute stress response involves enhanced immunity, chronic stress suppresses immunity, increasing vulnerability to some infectious diseases.”a

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Quotes from Sapolsky and Illiard

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The concept of ”flow”

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20
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The Big 5 Personality Traits (What do we want more/less of?)

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Openness: imaginative insightful MORE
Conscientiousness: thoughtful, organized
Agreeableness: trusting and affectionate: MORE
Neuroticism: mood swings irritability LESS
Extraversion: social energy, outgoing

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What’s the cocktail for illness? (Think anxiety/depression)

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UNDESIREABLE and UNPREDICTABLE events.
Resiliency:
Have learned to enjoy a new challenge and expect to creatively solve it!
View chaos as an opportunity to shake off old ruts and move to a new, higher level of capability.

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Whack-a-Mole diagram

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Abnormally exaggerated response of the CNS to stimuli – an overresponsive or hypersensitive nervous system. Bringing a gun to a sword fight.
Review: Somaticizing is when mental stress or anxiety is manifested physically.
Stress impacts neurotrophins (proteins) designed to keep inhibitory neurons healthy.
Inhibitory neurons regulate pain and stress responses – keep things in check!
The nervous system begins over-responding to both physical and emotional stimuli.
The cocktail for illness: UNDESIREABLE and UNPREDICTABLE events.