Health 3RD NINE WEEKS EXAM Flashcards by Maria Smith

The number of years a person can expect to live

Life expectancy

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the overall well-being of your body, your mind, and your relationships with other people

Health

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The degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life

Quality of life

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How well your body functions : diet, regular exercise, adequate sleep, medical and dental care

Physical health

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The state of being comfortable with yourself, with others, and with your surroundings : mind is alert, can learn from your mistakes, and recognize your achievements

Mental health

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How you react to events in your life: happy when the feelings you experience are appropriate responses to events

Emotional health

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How well you get along with others : how well you get along with people, loving relationships, understanding the rights if others, excepting health

Social health

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All the traits that are passed biologically from parent to child

Hereditary

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What are 2 examples of heredity

Skin color

Breast cancer

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The physical and social conditions that surround a person and can influence that person’s health including your outdoor and indoor surroundings

Physical environment

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What are two examples of a physical environment

Air we breathe

Water we drink

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The people you spend time with - your family, friends, classmates, and other people in your community

Social environment

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What are 2 examples of social environment

Teammates

Friends

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The beliefs and patterns of behavior that are shared by a group of people and passes from generation from generation

Culture

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What are 2 examples of culture

Stories passed down

Food

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Forms of communication that provide news and entertainment

Media

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What are two examples of media

Television

Magazines

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Computers, machines, websites, and social media that can all have negative or positive effects on someone’s health

Technology

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What are two examples of technology

Instagram

MRI machines

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The medical services provided by doctors, nurses, dentists, therapists, and the places they work : need health insurance so you can afford the necessary treatments

Healthcare

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What are two examples of healthcare

Dental clean

Mammograms

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The decisions you make and the actions you take : a habit is a behavior that is represented so often that it becomes almost automatic

Behavior

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What are two examples or behavior

Biting your nails

Brushing your teeth

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What are the 8 influences on health

Hereditary 
Physical environment 
Social environment 
Culture 
Media 
Technology 
Healthcare 
Behavior

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Any action to condition that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other negative outcome

Risk factor

What are three ways you can evaluate a risk factor

Consider short and long term consequences Analyze possible benefits and risks of the decision Decide whether or not you can control it

What does the first D in DECIDE stand for

Define the problem

What does the first E in DECIDE stand for

Explore the alternatives

What does the C in DECIDE stand for

Consider the consequences

What does the I in DECIDE stand for

Identify your values

What does the second D in DECIDE stand for

Decide and act

What does the second E in DECIDE stand for

Evaluate the results

Taking action to avoid disease, injury, and other negative health outcomes

Prevention

The standards and beliefs that are most important to you

Values

A series of specific steps you can take to achieve the goal

Action plane

Using communication to influence and support others in making positive health decisions

Advocacy

The ability to gather, understand, and use health information to improve his or her health

Health literacy

What are 3 steps you can take to help meet your personal health goals

Gaining awareness Gaining knowledge Building skills

Being able to recognize a health problem | Step one to help meet your personal health goals

Gaining awareness

Learn about the problem and how it can be prevented or treated and possible risk factors Step two to help meet your personal health goals

Gaining knowledge

Apply skills to knowledge then take action to create healthy habits Step three to help meet your person health goals

Building skills

What are the 7 ways you can build health skills

``` Analyzing influences Accessing information Communicating Making decisions Setting goals Practicing healthful behaviors Advocacy ```

This is important because to promote health you need to recognize the influence culture, media, and friends have on your health habits

Analyzing influences

this is important because you need to know how to find and evaluate health information

Accessing information

This way to build health skills is important because it helps you maintain close relationships, resolve conflicts, and show charming and respect for others by expressing your feelings

Communicating

This way to build health skills is important because it teaches you to identify your alternatives, think about the possible outcomes of a decision, and consider your values

Making decisions

This way to build health skills is important because you need to maintain healthy life-long behaviors and reduce risky ones

Practicing healthful behaviors

This way to build health skills is important because the goals you set help you translate knowledge into behavior and action

Setting goals

This way to build health skills is important because it can help you influence others to make positive health decisions

Advocacy

The behaviors, attitudes, feelings, and ways of thinking that make you an individual

Personality

Person who studies how people think, feel, and behave

Psychologist

When children copy the behaviors of others

Modeling

Friends who are about the same age and share similar interests

Peer group

An individual's sense of self

Identity

What are five central traits to describe how people behave, relate to others, and react to change?

``` Extroversion Agreeableness Conscientiousness Emotional stability Openness to experiences ```

How much you like being with other people Outgoing Talkative Sociable

Extroversion

Your tendency to relate to other people in a friendly way Cooperative Good-natured Forgiving

Agreeableness

``` How responsible and self-disciplined you are Dependable Male good decisions Organized Deliberate ```

Conscientiousness

Tendency to be relaxed, secure, and calm even during difficult situations Focus on the positive side of things

Emotional stability

Tendency to be curious, imaginative, and creative | has a wide range of interests and may be less predictable

Openness to experiences

Personality traits are influenced by what 2 things

Heredity | Environment (family, friends, culture)

What are the 8 stages of personality development

``` Develop trust Learn to be independent Take initiative Develop skill Search for identity Establish intimacy Create and nurture Look back with acceptance ```

The needs for that person are cared for and met; if the needs are not met they will develop distrust

Develop trust

What age range is develop trust

Birth - 18months

Learning to do things on your own and gaining control; fall true can result in self doubt Second stage of personality development

Learn to be independent

What age range is learn to be independent

18 months - 3 years

Start to plan your own activities and learning right and wrong; they may feel unworthy if they are harshly scolded Third stage of personality development

Take initiative

What age range is take initiative

3-6years

Children learning skills they will need as adults; without these skills they will feel like a failure Fourth step of personality development

Develop skills

What age range is develop skill

6-12 years

Questioning who you are and what you want to do with your life; leads teens to try good/bad new things

Search for identity

What age range is search for identity

12-20 years

Establishing close bonds with others; learn to make commitments to other people Sixth step of personality development

Establish intimacy

What age range is establish intimacy

20-40 years

Staying productive and creative in all aspects of life; get satisfaction helping young people learn to grow Seventh step of personality development

Create and nurture

What age range is create and nurture

40-65 years

Reflect on your life and the choices you've made; some will accept the choices while some will regret them Eighth step of personality development

Look back with acceptance

What age range is look back with acceptance

65+ years

How much you respect yourself and like yourself

Self-esteem

The process by which people achieve their full potential

Self actualization

Moslow's pyramid that explains that before people can achieve self actualization, their basic needs must be met

Hierarchy of needs

What are the basic needs

Physical needs Safety Belonging Esteem

What are some of the benefits of having high self esteem

Accept yourself for who you are Have realistic view of yourself Maintain a positive attitude Form close relationships

What are some of the risks of having low self esteem

``` Fears keep them from trying new things See success as luck and not work Don't respect themselves Judge themselves harshly Put on an act to impress others and hide their insecurities ```

What are 7 ways you can maintain and achieve high self esteem

``` Make a list of strengths and weaknesses Set ambitious, but realistic, goals for yourself Do not be too hard on yourself Rely on your values Learn to accept compliments Look beyond your own concerns Do not focus too much on appearance ```

Learn to focus on your strengths and things you do well | One way you can maintain and achieve high self esteem

Make a lost of your strengths and weaknesses

Develop a plan and achieve your goal then congratulate yourself One way you can maintain and achieve high self esteem

Set ambitious, but realistic, goals for yourself

Figure out what went wrong and move on; try to learn something positive One way you can maintain and achieve high self esteem

Do not be too hard on yourself

Don't do things just to go along with the crowd | One way you can maintain and achieve high self esteem

Rely on your values

Still try to distinguish insincere ones from genuine ones | One way you can maintain and achieve high self esteem

Learn to accept compliments

Do something more for others | One way you can maintain and achieve high self esteem

Look beyond your own concerns

Stay well-groomed but don't make it your number one priority One way you can maintain and achieve high self esteem

Do not focus too much on appearance

What are on the levels of Moslow's Hierarchy of Needs pyramid going from top to bottom

``` Self actualization Esteem Belonging Safety Physical needs ```

What are 8 personality traits of self-actualized people

``` Realistic and accepting Independnt, self-sufficient Appreciative of life Concerned about humankind Capable of loving others Fair, unprejudiced Creative and hard-working Not afraid to be different ```

A reaction to a situation that involves your mind, body, and behavior

Emotion

Expressed by people in all cultures

Primary emotions

Period of deep sorrow

Grief

Depends on the social environment in which a person grows up

Learned emotions

Way of dealing with an uncomfortable and unbearable feeling or situation

Coping strategy

Coping strategies that helps protect a person from difficult feelings

Defense mechanisms

What is the first most importsnt, first step to dealing with your emotions in a healthful way

Recognize your emotions

How are some coping strategies helpful

They can improve a situation and allow the person to handle it well

How are some coping strategies harmful

They make the situation worse and a person can't handle the situation

What are some examples of defense mechanisms

``` Denial Compensation Rationalization Reaction formation Projection Regression ```

Refusing to recognize an emotion or problem | An example of a defense mechanism

Denial

Making up for weaknesses in one area by excelling in another area An example of a defense mechanism

Compensation

Making excuses for actions or feelings | An example of a defense mechanism

Rationalism

Behaving in a way opposite to the way you feel | An example of a defense mechanism

Reaction formation

Putting your own faults onto another person | An example of a defense mechanism

Projection

Returning to immature behaviors to express emotions | An example of a defense mechanism

Regression

An illness that affects the mind and reduces a person's ability to function, to adjust to change, or to get along with others

Mental disorder

Fear caused by a source you cannot identify to a source that doesn't pose as much a threat as you think

Anxiety

When the anxiety persists for a long time and interferes with daily living

Anxiety disorder

Anxiety that is related to a specific situation or object

Phobia

Am unwanted thought or image that takes control of the mind

Obsession

An unreasonable need to behave on a certain way to prevent a feared outcome

Compulsion

Extreme emotions that make it difficult to function well in their daily lives

Mood disorder

Emotional state in which a person feels extremely sad and hopeless

Depression

Several disturbances in thinking, mood, awareness, and behavior; means "split mind"; the person is separated/split from reality

Schizophrenia

Rigid pattern of behavior that makes it difficult for them to get along with others

Personality disorder

What are the 4 causes of mental disorders

Physical factors Heredity Early experiences Recent experiences

Damage to the brain may be caused by a mental disorder | One of the causes of mental disorders

Physical factors

May inherit a tendency toward a mental disorder | One of the causes of mental disorders

Heredity

Extremely negative experiences that happen early in life and can lead to mental illness One of the causes of mental disorders

Early experiences

Similar to early experiences but more likely than early experiences to trigger a mental disorder One of the causes of mental disorders

Recent experiences

What are the 4 types of anxiety disorders

Phobias Panic attacks Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Anxiety that is related to a specific situation or object | One type of anxiety disorder

Phobias

An intense fear accompanied by a string desire | One type of anxiety disorder

Panic attacks

An unwanted take over of the mind and an unreasonable need to behave a certain way One type of anxiety disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Flashbacks or nightmares that produce intense fear or horror One type of anxiety disorder

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

What are the 4 types of mental disorders

Mood disorders Schizophrenia Impulse-control disorder Personality disorders

Experience extreme emotions that make it difficult to function well in their daily lives A type of mental disorder

Mood disorder

Severe disturbances in thinking, mood, awareness, and behavior Their mind is split/separated from reality A type of mental disorder

Schizophrenia

Cannot resist the impulse, or drive, to act in a way that is harmful to themselves or to others A type of mental disorder

Impulse-control disorder

Display rigid patterns of behavior that make it difficult for them to get along with others A type of mental disorder

Personality disorder

A mental disorder that reveals itself through abnormal behaviors to food

Eating disorder

A person who doesnt eat enough food to maintain a healthy body weight

Anorexia nervosa

What are the symptoms of anorexia

``` Extreme weight loss Slowed heart and breathing rates Dry skin Lowered body temperature Growth of fine body hair ```

Does anorexia cause people to over eat or under eat

Under eat

What are some health risks of anorexia

View themselves as fat and work hard to lose weight Use exercise or diet pills to help lose weight Starve to death Lack of minerals makes their heart still suddenly

What are the possible causes of anorexia

Low self esteem Strong desire to please others Lack of a chemical that regulates mood A history of troubled relationships

Do people with anorexia have control over this eating disorder

What are some signs of bulimia

``` Unable to control binge eating Eating too much too quickly Eating in private Cycles of weight gain and loss Bathroom visits right after eating Hoarding or storing ```

What may the people who have bulimia suffer from

Dehydration Kidney damage Lack of necessary vitamins and minerals

What do people who have bulimia do

Go on uncontrollable eating binges followed by purging the food from their biodiesel

What does purging mean

Removing

What do people who have bulimia use binge eating for

To feel better emotionally

How do people with bulimia act

Depressed | Suicidal

Uncontrollable urge to ear large amounts of food without purging

Binge eating

True or False | people with binge eating disorder know when to stop eating when they are full

False

True or False | Diets make people with this disorder want to eat more; therefore, triggering more of the disorder

True

True or False | Eating with this disorder leads to emotions that help them feel better about themselves

False

What are the 2 main physical risks of binge eating

Excessive weight gain | Unhealthy dieting

Name 3 reasons people use binge eating

Difficult emotions Dealing with anger Anxiety/stressful situations