HTH 100 Ch. 2

Question 1

Resiliency

Answer 1

The ability to adapt to change and stressful events in healthy and flexible ways

Question 2

Psychological Health

Answer 2

The mental, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of health

Question 3

Mental Health

Answer 3

The thinking part of psychological health; includes your attitudes, and beliefs

Question 4

Emotional Health

Answer 4

The feeling part of psychological health; includes your emotional reactions to life

Question 5

Emotions

Answer 5

Intensified feelings or complex patterns of feelings

Question 6

Social Health

Answer 6

Aspect of psychological health that includes interactions with others, ability to use social supports, and ability to adapt to various situations

Question 7

Dysfunctional Families

Answer 7

Families in which there is violence; physical, emotional, or sexual abuse; significant parental discord; or other negative family interactions

Question 8

Social Support

Answer 8

Network of people and services with whom you share ties and whom you get support

Question 9

Spiritual Health

Answer 9

Aspect of psychological health that relates to having a sense of meaning and purpose to one’s life, as well as a feeling of connection with others and with nature

Question 10

Self-Esteem

Answer 10

One’s realistic sense of self-respect and self-worth

Question 11

Learned Helplessness

Answer 11

Pattern of responding to situations by giving up because of repeated failure in the past

Question 12

Learned Optimism

Answer 12

Teaching oneself to think positively

Question 13

Emotional Intelligence (EI)

Answer 13

The ability to anticipate, identify, understand, and manage emotions in positive ways (yours and others’); to communicate effectively with others; and to empathize and avoid/diffuse potential conflicts

Question 14

Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)

Answer 14

The study of the interactions of behavioral, neural, and endocrine functions and the functioning of the body’s immune system

Question 15

Positive Psychology

Answer 15

The scientific study of human strengths and virtues

Question 16

Happiness

Answer 16

A collective term for several positive states in which individuals actively embrace the world around them

Question 17

Neurotransmitters

Answer 17

Chemicals that relay messages between nerve cells of from nerve cells to other body cells

Question 18

Mental Illnesses

Answer 18

Disorders that disrupt thinking, feeling, moods, and behaviors and that impair daily functioning

Question 19

Chronic Mood Disorder

Answer 19

Experience of persistent emotional states, such as sadness, despair, hopelessness, or euphoria

Question 20

Major Depression

Answer 20

Severe depressive disorder with physical effects such as sleep disturbance and exhaustion and mental effects such as the inability to concentrate; also called clinical depression

Question 21

Attention-Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder (ADD/ADHD)

Answer 21

A learning disability usually associated with school-aged children, often involving difficulty concentrating, organizing things, listening to instructions, and remembering details

Question 22

Dyslexia

Answer 22

Language-based learning disorder that can pose problems for reading, writing, and spelling

Question 23

Dyscalculia

Answer 23

A learning disability involving math

Question 24

Dysgraphia

Answer 24

A learning disability involving writing; individuals may have difficulty putting letters, numbers, and words on a page into order

Question 25

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Answer 25

A neurodevelopmental disorder (an impairment in brain development) where individuals learn and grow intellectually throughout their lives, but struggle to master communication and social behavior skills, impacting school and work performance

Question 26

Asperger Syndrome

Answer 26

A form of high functioning autism

Question 27

Persistent Depressive Disorder (PDD)

Answer 27

Type of depression that is milder and harder to recognize than major depression; chronic; and often characterized by fatigue, pessimism, or a short temper; Also called dysthymic disorder or dysthymia

Question 28

Bipolar Disorder

Answer 28

Form of mood disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression; also called manic depressive illness

Question 29

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Answer 29

Type of depression that occurs in the winter months, when sunlight levels are low

Question 30

Anxiety Disorders

Answer 30

Mental illness characterized by persistent feelings of threat and worry in coping with everyday problems

Question 31

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Answer 31

A constant sense of worry that may cause restlessness, difficulty in concentrating, tension, and other symptoms

Question 32

Panic Attack

Answer 32

Severe anxiety reaction in which a particular situation, often for unknown reasons, causes terror

Question 33

Phobia

Answer 33

Deep and persistent fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that results in a compelling desire to avoid the source of the fear

Question 34

Social Anxiety Disorder

Answer 34

Phobia characterized by fear and avoidance of social situations; also called social phobia

Question 35

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Answer 35

Form of anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts and repetitive behaviors

Question 36

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Answer 36

Collection of symptoms that may occur as a delayed response to a traumatic event or series of events

Question 37

Personality Disorder

Answer 37

Mental disorder characterized by inflexible patterns of thought and beliefs that lead to socially distressing behavior

Question 38

Schizophrenia

Answer 38

Mental illness with biological origins characterized by irrational behavior, sever, alterations of the senses, and often an inability to function in society

Question 39

Self-Injury

Answer 39

Intentionally causing injury to one’s own body in an attempt to cope with overwhelming negative emotions; also called self-mutilation, self-harm, or nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI)

Question 40

Stigma

Answer 40

Negative perception about a group of people or a certain situation or condition