Health Flashcards
Consists of the behaviors, attitudes, feelings, and ways of thinking that make you an individual
Personality
Sense of self
Identity
This trait describes how much you like being with other people
Extroversion
Tends to be shy
Introvert
Tendency to relate to other people in a friendly way
Agreeableness
How responsible and self disciplined you are
Conscientiousness
How people tend to focus on the positive side of things
Stability
How people are likely to have a wide range of Interests
Openness to experiences
Refers to traits you are born with, ones you inherit from your parents
Heredity
The environment you are raised in and experiences you have during your life
Environment
Influences in personality
Family
Friends
Culture
How much you respect yourself and like your self
Self esteem
The view you have of your self (how you see yourself)
Self concept
High self esteem accept themselves for who they are
High
Don’t respect themselves
Low
Reaction to a situation that involves your mind, body, and behavior
Emotion
Emotions that are expressed by people of all cultures
Primary emotions
Emotions that are not expressed the same way by all people, also known as social emotions; depend on the social environment in which a person grows up
Learned emotions
A way of dealing with an uncomfortable or unbearable feeling or situation
Coping strategy
Coping strategies that help you protect yourself from difficult feelings
Defense mechanism
Refusing to recognize an emotion or a problem
Denial
Making excuses for actions or feelings
Rationalization
Returning to immature behaviors to express emotions
Regression
Behaving in a way opposite to the way you feel
Reaction formation
Making up for weaknesses in one area by excelling in another area
Compensation
Putting your own faults into another person
Projection
