Topic 20 (Psychological Health)

Question 1

Mental health: successful performance of mental function
Mental Illness: the _______ of mental health - conditions with altered mood, thinking, and/or behavior

Answer 1

absence

Question 2

Stress
- any situation placing physical or psychological _______
2 Types
- Eustress (____ stress), Distress (___ stress)
- 3 Stages of General Adaptation Syndrome
1) Alarm (_____ or ______)
2) Resistance: body adjusts, returns to normalcy
3) Exhaustion: reaches this point if stressor is not eliminated, alarm symptoms return (can lead to disease or death)

Answer 2

demand
good, bad
1) fight or flight

Question 3

Stress Management
1) Muscle relaxation: _____ the muscle, then relax it. Reduces ANS (autonomic nervous system), anxiety and stress
2) Biofeedback: Identify tension through secondary feedback loop (ex. sound pitch)
3) Meditation
4) Cognitive/Behavioral skills: learn how to ______ thought and coping patterns

Answer 3

tense
change

Question 4

Exercise
- reduction in CV response to stress
- body ______ more quickly to increases in HR, BP, stress hormones, respiratory rate during exercise

Answer 4

adapts

Question 5

True or False: Exercise is capable of reducing both state and trait anxiety.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Exercise helps individual handle stress by:
- exercise and stress yield a _______ physiologic response
- helping the body ______ to stress
- helping the body cope with increases in __ and __
- by _________ the body’s response to stress

Answer 6

similar
adjust/cope
HR and BP
reducing