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Unit 1: Health and Wellness Flashcards

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What is health defined as?

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A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

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What is the definition of wellness?

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A dynamic process of becoming aware of and making concious choices toward a more balanced and healthy lifestyle

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What are the types of wellness?

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Physical
Social
Emotional/Mental
Environmental
Career
Spiritual
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What is physical wellnes?

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The process of making choices to create flexible, cardiovascularly fit, energetic, strong bodies.

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What is Social wellness?

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The process of creating and maintaining healthy relationships through the choices we make.

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What is emotional wellness?

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The process of accepting our worth, creating, recognizing, and expressing our feelings, and talking to ourselves in healthy ways.

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What is career wellness?

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The process of making and maintaining choices related to work, which includes choosing a job for which we are well-suited, well-trained, and from which we gain satisfaction.

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WHat is environmental wellness?

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The process of making choices which will contribute to sustaining or improving the quality of life in the universe.

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What is spiritual wellness?

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The process of discovering meaning and purpose in life, and demonstrating values through behaviours.

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What is health promotion?

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The science and art of helping people change their lifestyle toward an optimal state of health.

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What is health protection?

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Professional activities to prevent or reduce occupational illness and injury.

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What is body image?

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The way you see yourself and how you imagine you look.

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What is culture?

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Collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.

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What are the characteristics of a culturally diverse group of people?

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Recognizes and respects all diverse groups
Acknowledges and values differences
Encourages and enables continued contribution
Empowers all within the organization or society
Celebrates differences

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What are some influences on teen health?

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Peer and family influences
School and community influences
Technological and media influences

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What is heredity?

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The traits and properties that are passed along biologically from both parents to child.

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What are peers?

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People the same age who share a similar range of interests.

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What is an environment?

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The sum total of your surroundings.

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What are some qualities of people with good mental health?

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Comfortable with who they are
Comfortable with others
Comfortable with environment
Able to meet life’s everyday demands

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What are emotions?

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Feelings produced in response to an event

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What is self-esteem?

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A measure of how much you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself.

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What is positive self-talk?

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Rhinking about the good parts of a bad situation.

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What is self-concept?

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What an individual knows about him/herself.

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What is the order of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?

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Physiological
Safety
Love/belonging
Esteem
Self-actualization
25
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What do some physiological needs include?

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Breathing
Food
Water
Sleep
Homeostasis
Excretion
26
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What do some safety needs include?

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Security of body
of employment
of resources
of morality
of the family
of health
of property
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What do some love/belonging needs include?

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Friendship
Family
Sexual intimacy(?)

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What are some esteem needs?

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Self-esteem
Confidence
Achievement
Respect of others
Respect by others
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What do self-actualization needs include?

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Morality
Creativity
Spontaneity
Problem solving
Lack of prejudice
Acceptance of facts
30
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What is stress?

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the body’s response to change

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What is a stressor?

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Something that causes stress

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What is eustress?

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Positive stress that causes a positive reaction.

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What is distress?

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Negative stress that causes a negative reaction.

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What is stress management?

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The ability to handle stress in healthy ways.

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Steps to stress management are?

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1 - Identify sources of stress.
2 - set priorities
3 - manage time wisely

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What are defense mechanisms?

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Automatic, short-term responses to stressful situations.

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What are the types of defense mechanisms?

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Sublimation
Compensation
Regression
Displacement
Repression
Projection
Rationalization
Escape/fantasy
Denial
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What is sublimation?

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Transforming unacceptable behaviors into acceptable ones

39
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What is compensation?

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AN attempt to make up for something one did not have or recieve.

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What is regression?

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Retreating to an earlier time that seems less threatening and requires less responsibility.

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What is displacement?

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Expressing feelings towards someone or something that is not associated with the source of the feelings.

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What is repression?

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Blocking out unpleasant things or experiences.

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What is projection?

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An attempt to protect one’s self-esteem by blaming unpleasant feelings or inappropriate actions on others.

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What is rationalization?

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An attempt to justify one’s actions with an excuse rather than admitting one’s mistake.

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What is escape/fantasy?

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Running away from a problem through daydreams, books, excessive sleep, etc.

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What is denial?

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Refusal to accept reality.

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What is a coping strategy?

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A behavior that assists us in functioning better in a given situation.

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What are some coping strategies?

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Do a repetitive task
Take a bath/shower
Progressive muscle relaxation
Yoga
Meditation
Walk/Jog/Exercise
Laugh
Treat yourself to something that tastes or smells good
Manage your time
LIsten to music
Write down thoughts or talk to someone
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What is General Adaptation Syndrome?

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The body’s physiological short-term and long-term reaction to stress.

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What are the stages of GAS?

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  1. Alarm
  2. Resistance
  3. Exhaustion
51
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What does physiological mean?

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The functions of the human body and its systems.

52
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What is the alarm stage of GAS?

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The stage that occurs when first introduced to the stress. Activates the sympathetic nervous system and causes:

Pupils dilate
Hearing sharpens
Saliva decreases
Heart rate and blood pressure increase
Brioncioles dilate
Blood flow to muscles increases
Muscles tighten
53
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What is the resistance stage of GAS?

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Occurs after healthily managing stress. The parasympathetic nervous system is activated and causes:

Pupils constrict
Hearing returns to normal
Saliva increases
Heart rate and blood pressure decrease
Bronchioles constrict
Blood flow to muscles returns to normal
Muscles relax

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