Test #2 Flashcards

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What is self esteem?

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Your perception of yourself and your feelings of self worth

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What are some characteristics of healthy self esteem?

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Confident, happy, leader, social, positive

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What are some characteristics of poor self esteem?

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Follower, insecure, sad, social withdrawal, comparing themselves

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4
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What contributes to healthy self esteem?

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Compliments, validation, environment, love, achievements

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5
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What contributes to poor self esteem

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Chronic failure, bullying, abuse, poor parenting, unrealistic expectations, stereotypes, conflict

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What can you do to improve your self esteem?

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-have positive influences (good social circle)
-do the things you love
-positive self talk
-try new things

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7
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What is self concept?

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Your idea or image of yourself, “who am I?”

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What affects self concept?

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-Life experiences
-Heredity and culture
-Stress and coping
-Health status
-Developmental stage

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9
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Dimensions of self

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(Look at answers page 3)

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10
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Easy vs. Difficult decisions / Small vs. Large decisions

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Blue vs. Brown sweater, buy a car?
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Draw or read, buy a house?

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Rational and irrational decisions

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Rational - Think it through and use logic

Irrational - Emotional and not thinking clearly

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What causes irrational decision making?

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Time, emotion, outside influence/pressure

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What is a “whether” decision?

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One or the other, this or that, yes/no, either/or

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14
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What is a “which” decision?

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Choose one or more out of multiple options

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What is a contingent decision?

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A decision that has been made but will be put on hols until a condition is met

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Satisficing

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First satisfactory option>best option

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17
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Optimizing

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Think of all of the solutions and pick the best option

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Maximax

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Maximize the maximums, “go for broke”

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Maximin

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Maximize the minimums, consider the negative and choose the least negative option

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20
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What is the decision making procedure?

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-get the facts
-list all options
-rate the options
-rate the risk of the options
-make a decision

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21
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What are the 6 hats colours and meanings

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Blue - (start and end) note what has been accomplished, lay it out, manage thinking process

White - logic and thoughts, get all the data

Red - emotions, how will others react to this emotionally?, use gut instinct

Yellow - consider all positives, see all benefits

Black - consider all negatives, see all the risks

Green - creative solutions, not much criticism in this stage

22
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Group decision making models and meanings

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Vote - at its simplest: everyone votes, most votes wins

Consensus - everybody agrees

Compromise - everybody agrees after a discussion and some people giving up their original choice/demands

Leadership - one person decides and doesn’t have to explain to the group

Representative - one person decides and explains to the group

23
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What are some strategies for making and setting goals?

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-keep operational goals small
-have time constraints
-be realistic
-make each goal a positive statement
-be precise/specific
-performance goals>outcome goals
-write them down
-make each goal a positive statement

24
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Personal goal setting helps with what?

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-outline achievements/track progress
-plan for the future
-motivate yourself
-concentrate your efforts
-build self-confidence

25
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Who uses goal setting?

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Everyone, parents, students, teachers, athletes, coaches, companies, etc.

26
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SMART goals

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Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-bound

27
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Urgency and importance

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Too much urgency for something that’s not important can have negative outcomes

28
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What are values?

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What you consider important in life

29
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What are some examples of values?

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Be popular, make money, be a good parent, be confident, have good friends, having fun, being with loved ones

30
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What factors influence values?

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Family, friends, past/future, childhood, environment

31
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What is “nature”/”nurture”?

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Nature - the idea that we act how we do because of human instinct, and out genes

Nurture - the idea that act how we do because of how we were raised and what we were taught

32
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Nature / nurture examples

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Intelligence, skills / humour

33
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What is privilege?

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The unearned power and advantages the dominant group experiences

34
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What is oppression?

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The use of power to disempower, marginalize, or exert dominance over a certain group

35
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What is intersectionality?

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The inconnected nature of of all social categorizations

36
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Examples of types of privilege?

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Race, gender, sexuality, wealth, class, nationality

37
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What is health?

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The state of social, mental and physical wellbeing. Not simply just the absence of illness.

38
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What is wellness?

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The optimal state of health, a positive approach to living

39
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What is the difference between health and wellness?

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Health is the goal, wellness is the direct act of achieving it.

40
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Healthy mind platter (remember acronym)

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Down time, Focus, Time-in, Play, Physical, Sleep, Connection

41
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What are some mental health determinants for adolescents?

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Healthy sleep patterns, regular exercise, developing coping skills, managing emotions

42
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Factors that contribute to stress and poor mental health

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Peer pressure, sexual identity, media influence, poverty, exposure to violence, stigma, quality of home life, discrimination

43
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Tips to improve your mental health

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-catch problems early
-work out
-control your heart rate
-listen to a podcast while walking/working out

44
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What is stigma?

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The negative attitude or discrimination against someone based on a distinguishing characteristic

45
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Examples of stigma

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Making villains with mental illnesses, making mental illnesses a halloween costume, harmful stereotypes

46
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Types of stigma

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Social / Self-percived

Prejudiced attitudes from others towards the person with mental illness / The internalized stigma from the person with mental illness

47
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Effects of stigma

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-people with mental health are less likely to get a house
-people with mental health are less likely to get a job
-more likely to be alienated
-seen as dangerous/irresponsible

48
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Difference between millennials and the previous generation

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-IGen
-shaped by social media and smartphones
-how they view the world
-less likely to date
-less likely to get a driver’s license
-how they spend their time

49
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What are the different letters in MBTI

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I ntrovert
E xtrovert
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I ntuition
S ensing
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F eeling
T hinking
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J udging
P erceiving

50
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Who made the MBTI test

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Carl Jung and Myers-Briggs

51
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What is personality type theory?

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Categorize based on tendencies and characteristics (eg: MBTI)

52
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What is personality traits theory?

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Categorize based on the differences between individuals based on character traits (eg: The Big Five)