Quiz 5

Question 1

Whats the difference between wellness and well-being

Answer 1

well-being is subjective and based on one’s perception of quality of life at any given time
Wellness can include well-being - primarily the focus of interrelated dimensions

Question 2

Wellbeing

Answer 2

include physical, mental, emotional and social

- Decisions you make in your life today will determine your long term wellbeing

Question 3

Wellbeing and accomplishment

Answer 3

Pursued for its own sake, involves persistence and determination, involves goals toward acquisition of knowledge, skills and resources

Question 4

wellbeing engagement

Answer 4

only measured subjectively, how you feel while engaged can only be reflected retrospectively. This is only pursued for its own sake

Question 5

Wellbeing: positive emotion

Answer 5

involves: happiness and life satisfaction, joy, interest, contentment

Question 6

Wellbeing: positive relationships

Answer 6

kind acts towards others uplifts one’s mood. Supportive relationships provide physical and emotional health benefits which are evidence based - proven effective

Question 7

Compassion

Answer 7

sympathy and concern for others and their suffering

Question 8

Empathy

Answer 8

The ability to feel what another person is feeling (mirror neurons, neurochemical response)

Question 9

Stress

Answer 9

the process by which we perceive and respond to events that are perceive as harmful, threatening, or challenging. Includes the body, mind, emotions, and behavior

Question 10

Distress vs Eustress

Answer 10

Distress is bad stress, eustress is good stress

Question 11

Acute vs chronic stress

Answer 11

acute is short term and manageable, Chronic stress is ongoing stress with physical symptoms

Question 12

Stress and immune malfunctions

Answer 12

Reacting too strongly can lead to self attacking diseases. Underreacting can lead to bacterial infection flare, dormant herpes virus erupt, cancer cells multiply

Question 13

Coping

Answer 13

cognitive, behavioral, and emotional ways in which people manage stressful situations

Question 14

Social support

Answer 14

people who perceive strong social support experience, faster recoveries, fewer medical complications, lower mortality rates, less distress in the face of illness

Question 15

Psychological methods for stress management

Answer 15

cognitive behavioral therapy, talk therapy, biofeedback, meditation, exercise

Question 16

Stress inoculation training

Answer 16

Reconceptualization (why, what?), skill acquisition (techniques), and follow through (sticking with it)

Question 17

Emotional disclosure (expressive writing) benefits

Answer 17

decreased cardiovascular mortality, reduced physiological activity linked to event, increased likelihood of reappraisal and development of a plan to deal with stressful situation

Question 18

Negative effects of Technology on wellness

Answer 18

stress, emotional instability, poor sleep

Question 19

Positive impacts of technology on wellness

Answer 19

maintaining social connectedness, increase in positive affect, subjective well-being

Question 20

Why learned helplessness?

Answer 20

belief you cannot escape fate, passivity toward life events decreases resiliency, assume others have more control over your life, feels as though a situation is uncontrollable

Question 21

Learned helplessness can occur from?

Answer 21

conditioning to respond with pessimistic behavior, emotional trauma, self-defeat or belief that external events are the cause of your problems and you are helpless against it, modeling behavior of family and friends, assumption that to avoid situations keeps you safe

Question 22

Victim behavior

Answer 22

the individual places blame for his or her issues on others and takes a victim mentality

Question 23

Classical conditioning

Answer 23

the associative learning element of conditioning is that a stimulus and behavior work together to form a conditioned response that is stored in long term memory. Conditioned feelings of helplessness which can lead to hopelessness

Question 24

Internal attribution

Answer 24

“I cannot figure this out because I am stupid “

Question 25

Global attribution

Answer 25

attributing response that involves how a person thinks; always think “im stupid” regardless of situation

Question 26

external attribution

Answer 26

other agencies, people, events determine my outcome

Question 27

stable attribution

Answer 27

the cause of one outcome will be the effect for future outcomes

Question 28

unstable attribution

Answer 28

the cause of the outcome is due to temporary factors (can be internal or external)

Question 29

perceptual transformation

Answer 29

reframe your response to events, situations, issues. Neuro linguistic programming (looking at things in a more positive light)

Question 30

Learned optimism

Answer 30

Those who are aware that setbacks exists, but believe the setback is temporary and changeable. Belief that one can overcome a setback through personal training and abilities

Question 31

Increase in ability to handle day to day problems common during ___

Answer 31

adolescence

Question 32

Most widely researched depression-prevention program in the world has shown to:

Answer 32

reduce or prevent symptoms of depression with enduring effects, reduce hopelessness, reduce or prevent anxiety, reduce to conduct problems such as aggression and delinquency

Question 33

resilience skills taught through depression-prevention program

Answer 33

understand relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Recognize automatic negative thoughts, replace negative thoughts, use behavioral strategies, practice management techniques, apply these coping skills to real life

Question 34

ABC process

Answer 34

action + behavior = consequence

Question 35

Active-constructive responding

Answer 35

how you you respond to others good news - better when active than passive or destructive

Question 36

Veterans optimism study

Answer 36

showed that the candidate who focused less on negative events and expressed more optimism won 18 out of 22 elections

Question 37

Positive selectivity

Answer 37

individuals assumption that he or she is more optimistic than they actually are. Individuals assumption that he or she is above average on positive traits like intelligence, sense of humor, attractiveness