Exam 1 Flashcards
Describe leisure
Experiences which are pleasant in expectation, experience, or recollection, are intrinsically motivated, optional, autonomous, and engaging
What is authentic leisure?
The purposeful selection of leisure involvement that reflects essential aspects of the self. It increases self-awareness of interests and helps participants identify their strengths, virtues, passions, and talents
Describe competence as a characteristic of leisure
Ability to perform the activity at a level that ensures successful engagement and implies the ability to understand and make decisions
Describe what it means for leisure to be optional in nature
Person has choices in terms of the types of activities, places to do them, people with whom to do them with
Describe what it means for leisure to be autonomous
Ability to freely decide and control one’s leisure, and the ability to critically evaluate or reflect on choices
Describe freedom as a characteristic of freedom
Freedom is a choice made under one’s own power, and not the power of another
What are leisure barriers?
Obstacles that impede someone’s ability to engage in activities that can be either personal or societal
Describe some societal barriers to leisure
Stigma, inaccessible facilities
What is well-being?
A state of successful, satisfying, and productive engagement with ones life and the realization of one’s full potential
Name the 5 dimensions of wellbeing (PECSS)
Physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and spiritual
Describe internal capabilities of well being
How one is able to be and to achieve
Describe external capabilities of well being
Sources of well being such as public action or social policy
Name the 10 core capacities that must be present for a good life
Life, bodily health, bodily integrity, senses imagination and thought, emotions, practical reason, affiliation, other species, play, control over one’s environment
Describe quality of life
The degree to which a person enjoys the important possibilities of their life
Describe the personal level of quality of life
Degree of enjoyment and satisfaction experience in everyday life, including health, personal relationships, the environment, quality of looking life, social life, and leisure time
Describe the community level of quality of life
A set of social indicators, such as nutrition, air quality,, incidence of disease, crime rates, health care, educational services, and divorce rates
What is health?
Freedom from disease and illness
What is functional ability?
The ability to meet the demands of your environment on 3 levels; the body, the whole person, and the social context
Describe the capabilities approach of well-being
Sees well being as internal and external
What is well being achievement?
Helping people reach goals to increase well being
What is well being freedom?
Advocating for and creating opportunities in the environment
Describe the hedonic view of well being
Equates well being with pleasure and sees the goal of life as experiencing maximum pleasure
Describe subjective well being
The evaluations people make of their lives including reflective cognitive evaluations and affective reactions to life events
Describe the 6 dimensions of well being
Acceptance of self, positive relations, autonomy and self determination, environmental mastery and competence, life purpose, personal growth
Describe the dimensions of being, belonging, and becoming in the quality of life model
Being: Physical, psychological, and spiritual being
Belonging: Physical, social, and community belonging
Becoming: practical, leisure, and growth becoming
What is purposeful facilitation?
When leisure experiences and strengths are enhanced through diligent application of authentic assessment to the goals, dreams, and aspirations of the participant
What are resouces?
A source of supply or support, an available means, and a natural feature or phenomenon that enhances the quality of life
What are assets?
Advantages or resources
What are internal strengths?
Things that belong to the individual including their interests, talents, abilities, skills, knowledge, aspirations, goals, strengths, and virtues
What are external strengths?
Resources in an individuals environment and sources of encouragement such as family support, home resources, community resources, opportunities, and expectations
What are interests?
Something which engages our attention and curiosity
What are preferences?
Things we like more than others which drive choices and selections
What are passions?
Interests which compel us to pursue and devote ourselves to certain goals and activities, a strong expression of our desires
What are talents?
Special and creative natural abilities or aptitudes
What are abilities?
When people differ in their performance of a behavior for which there is some objective or external standard
What are skills?
The ability to do something well, arising from talent, training, and practice
What is competency?
The possession of required skills, knowledge, experience or capacity for a particular skill or activity
Describe what performance is
The level at which a person can do an activity in their real life environment
Describe what capacity is
The level at which a person can do an activity in a standardized clinical environment
Describe what knowledge is
A clear understanding of a topic or subject area
Describe what aspirations are
A strong desire, longing, or hope
What is a goal?
A result or achievement toward which effort is directed