Health and well being

Question 1

What are the three components of stress

Answer 1

Stressors (major life stressors positive or negative, daily hassles)
Mediating factors (Personality, coping strategy)
Stress response (behavioral, psychological, physical)

Question 2

What are the 3 stages of the general adaptation syndrome? (Hans Seyle 1936)

Answer 2

Alarm - resistance - exhaustion
At each stage, the ability of the body to resist more stressors is influenced. Ultimately, in the exhaustion stage, the person will be more likely to experience adverse health effects.

Question 3

What system can be impaired by high level of stress?

Answer 3

The immune system

Question 4

What health problem are associated with stress?

Answer 4

increased blood pressure, cardiac disease, diabetes, declining of sexual interest

Question 5

does the fight and flight response boost or stop the immune system

Answer 5

Boost

Question 6

What stress response consist for female to form social group and care for their offspring

Answer 6

tend-and-befriend response

Question 7

Give examples of negative stress response

Answer 7

Overeating, heavy smoking, less physical activity

Question 8

What other factors influence how one deals with stress?

Answer 8

Personality types (type A or B). A is more likely to develop stress related disease like heart disease.
Hostile personalities,
depression

Question 9

What are the difference bw primary and secondary appraisals

Lazarus Richard 1993.

Answer 9

Primary appraisals are used to decide whether stimuli are stressful, benign or irrelevant.
Secondary appraisals are used when we decide a stimuli is stressful and when we need to consider how to cope with the stressor.

Question 10

According to Folkman and Lazarus what are the 2 general categories of coping strategies?

Answer 10

Emotion focused coping: We try to prevent an emotional response to the stressor.
(numbing the pain)
Problem focused coping: Taking direct step to solve the pb

Question 11

What other strategies can help people deal with stress in a positive way?

Answer 11

Downward comparison: compare yourself to those who are worse off.
Giving positive meaning to ordinary event.

Question 12

What is hardiness and what are its component

Answer 12

This is a trait for people who are very capable of adapting to life changes by viewing events constructively.
Commitment, challenge and control.

Question 13

When family intervention can be most beneficial and when it is not?

Answer 13

When they promote an ill’s person feeling of being in control rather than being under the control of his family.

Question 14

According to positive psychologist what are the three components of happiness ?

Answer 14

Positive emotions and pleasure ;
engagement in life ;
a meaningful life (Seligman and al)

Question 15

What theory states that positive emotions prompt people to consider novel solutions to their problems

Answer 15

The broaden-and-build theory.

Question 16

What effects have a higher level of hope and a higher level of curiosity?

Answer 16

Hope: reduced risk of hypertension, diabetes and respiratory tract infections ;
Curiosity : reduced risk of hypertension and diabetes.

Question 17

Apart from positive emotions, what are other factors associated with good health?

Answer 17

Social support (expression of caring and willingness to listen to problems lessen negative effects of stress);
Spirituality

Question 18

What are 3 crucial elements that help to be healthy?

Answer 18

Cope with stress ;
Regulate our emotions ;
Control daily habits

Question 19

List all possible strategies for enhancing well being and health

Answer 19

Eat natural food
Watch portion size
Drink alcohol moderately if at all
keep active
Do not smoke
practice safe sex
learn to relax
learn to cope
build a strong support network
consider your spiritual life
try some happiness exercises.