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Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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Emotional well being

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Ability to feel and express the entire range of human emotions and to control them

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  • Know what emotional literacy is and why it is important to your health.
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“To be emotionally literate is to be able to handle emotions in a way that improves your personal power and the quality of your life and – equally important, the quality of the life of the people around you. Emotional literacy helps your emotions work for you instead of against you.”

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Know the relationship between hostile anger and your health.

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Hostility isolates you from other people. Anger and constant hostility keep your blood pressure high. And they increase your chances of having another health problem, such as depression, a heart attack, or a stroke.

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Why has anger increased?

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loss of connection due to:
1. technology overload
2. poor community relations
3. illusion of the American dream

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Sex differences in anger

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*It is more accepted for men to express anger.
*When a female is angry it is perceived as
unfeminine, unattractive, and evil.
*Women are less likely to express anger.
*Unresolved anger related to breast cancer.
*Women report feeling uncomfortable
expressing anger (men are more comfortable).
*Women are more likely to feel shame, and direct
anger inward

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Physiological response to anger

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  1. Flushed face
  2. greater blood flow to face and neck skin
  3. Migraine
  4. Headaches
  5. Ulcers
  6. Colitis
  7. Arthritis
  8. Hypertension
  9. Coronary heart Disease
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How can you deal with anger effectively?

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*Become aware of your thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors
*You can use journaling (include time/day)
*Include thought-feeling, action, and involvement
to determine patterns of behaviors
*Love, compassion, and empathy are the most effective
means to defuse anger.
*Holding in anger is not the answer, neither is
yelling.

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Microaggression

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comments and behaviors commonly used by white people to insult dismiss or marginalize people of color.
often done unconsciously

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  • How do people deal with anger ineffectively?
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  1. Somatizers
    *Physical symptoms
  2. Self-punishers
    *Punish self
  3. Exploders
    *Erupt like a volcano
    *Type A personality
  4. Underhandlers
    *Indirect
    * Seek revenge
    *Common at work
    * We have one dominant style
    * None are healthy
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  • Know what anxiety and treatments is to manage anxiety.
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what is fear

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*Fear is a learned response.
*Learning to identify, empathize, and resolve
our feelings is necessary to prevent disease.
*Fear is part of the survival dynamic, a
necessary aspect of life in times of true danger.
*Real fear is momentary.
*Any fear lasting longer than the initial signal
can cause serious problems.

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Basic human fears/ what triggers fear

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Failure
* Low self-esteem
* Ex.: Taking an exam
* Self-fulfilling prophecy
- Rejection
* Perception plays a role
* Starts early in life (relationship with parents)
- The unknown
* Ex.: Domestic violence
- Death
* Useful when danger is present
- Isolation
* 1st fear developed in life
- Loss of self-dominance
* Loss of control over events in one’s life

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Ted talk of fear

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Be able to discuss what she learned from her research and discuss the solution she
provided.
https://youtu.be/iCvmsMzlF7o?t=3

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  • What are strategies to overcome fear?
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*Therapy exist to help people with fears and
phobias.
*Psychodynamic
*Behavioral Therapy
*Coping skills
*Relaxation techniques
* Systematic desensitization
*Exposure desensitization
*Assertiveness training
*Biofeedback

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  • What is depression a by-product of?
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*An emotion that surfaces as a result of
unresolved stress is depression.
*Depression is anger
turned inward
*400% increase in antidepressants from 1988-
2008
*More than 25% of American’s on meds for
depression

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Symptoms of depression

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Persistent sadness or empty moods
*A loss of interest or pleasure in activities
* Lethargic moods with decreased productivity
* Loss of appetite and weight loss or overeating and
weight gain
*Difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making
decisions
*Hopelessness
* Substance use to cope with problems
*Thoughts of death and suicide

17
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how to manage symptoms of sadness

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  • Medicine
  • Therapy
  • Coping skills
  • Relaxation techniques
  • Exercise
  • T’ai Chi
  • Yoga
  • Diet
  • Music therapy
  • Art therapy
  • Humor therapy
18
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what is happiness

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*Having choices makes people happy.
*$ doesn’t = happiness
*Poverty can promote stress.
*Relationships = happiness
*Social media reduces happiness
*Greatest source of unhappiness = isolation
*Happiness and longevity connected

19
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how to measure happiness

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it is measured with self input scales

20
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How is happiness comprised

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*Genetics (50%)
*Circumstances (10%)
*Your choices (40%)

21
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What did we learn from the Harvard study of Adult of Development discussed in the
TedTalk by Robert Waldinger?

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Relationships = happiness

22
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Type A behavior definition

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Type A personality = Rushed or hurried lifestyle
- impatience
-multitasking
- self-conscious
- Raise voice
- Manipulative
- Need to dominate
- HOSTILITY most dangerous component of type a behavior
Many behaviors associated with Type A often
are rewarded in our society leading to a career
success.

23
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Type A personalities health risk

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  • Coronary heart disease number one killer in the US
  • sympathetic arousal
  • Hypertension
  • Elevated levels of cholesterol and triglycerides
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Type B personality definition

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a very outgoing, energetic, and fast-paced individual who likes to be around people and enjoys being the center of attention. They’re good relationship builders, and most people like them right away. Their driving need is for approval, so they try to like everyone in hopes everyone will like them too.

25
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Type b personality in relation to stress

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a much more relaxed, less time-conscious, and driven person. Type B personalities are able to view things more adaptively.

26
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Type d personality (distress)

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D personality stands for distressed. According to a 2005 study, the type D personality has a tendency to experience strong, negative responses and social inhibition at the same time.
To put it another way, people with a type D personality experience a high degree of emotional distress while suppressing their feelings at the same time.

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Type D personality in relation to health

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Type D personalities also tend to have poor coping skills, which can lead to higher levels of stress and burnout. Over time, this might lead to other health problems like general poor health, heart attacks, a low immune system, and lots of illnesses.

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Type R personality definition (resilience)

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It describes those who are resilient — people who can accept change, failure, and disruption. They see challenge as opportunity and can reframe less-than-idea situations into a constructive perspective.

29
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Type r personality in relation to health

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30
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Resiliency

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ability to bounce back from crisis
- innate for others and learned for others

31
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Codependency

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  • Individuals who require other people to be dependent on them as a means of self-validation
  • addictive personality
  • enablers
32
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codependency an addition to another person and their problems

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*Observed among children of alcoholics
*Precursors
* Having alcoholic parent
* Having divorced parents
* Emotionally repressive parents

33
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codependent personality traits

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*Develops in early childhood
*In a lifestyle that is chaotic, unpredictable or
threatening
*Adopt behaviors to survive as well as to cope
with family stress
*Children assume adult responsibility before
they reach high school
* Approval seekers
* Perfectionist
* Super-achievers
* Crisis managers
* Devoted loyalists
* Self-sacrificing martyrs
* Manipulators
* Victims
* Feelings of inadequacy
* Reactionaries

34
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Learned hopelessness

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Learned helplessness occurs when an individual continuously faces a negative, uncontrollable situation and stops trying to change their circumstances, even when they have the ability to do so. For example, a smoker may repeatedly try and fail to quit. He may grow frustrated and come to believe that nothing he does will help, and therefore he stops trying altogether.

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