Unit 1- Spirituality

Question 1

Spirituality

Answer 1

Internal search for the transcendent or sacred based on personal belief system

Question 2

Religion

Answer 2

External process to do the spirituality process: rules, rites, rituals- external manifestation of beliefs, but can be separate from spirituality

Question 3

Religiosity

Answer 3

Degree to which one’s life is influenced by religious beliefs and practices. Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic

Question 4

Limbic system

Answer 4

• Memory and cognition
• Emotions, mood, and social information
• Autonomic nervous system

Question 5

Psychoneuroimmunology

Answer 5

Field examine interrelationship among psychosocial process and nervous, endocrine and immune system functioning

Question 6

Health benefits associated with religiosity and spirituality

Answer 6

• increase longevity/decreased morbidity due to health habits
• Social support
• increased self-esteem
• increased levels of serotonin during meditation
• decreased pain
• decreased cortisol levels
• changes in blood flow to brain areas during prayer
• reduced sympathetic and increased parasympathetic nervous system activation

Question 7

FICA

Answer 7

• Faith
• Importance and influence
• Community
• Address or application

Question 8

Spiritual history tool

Answer 8

S- spiritual belief system
P- personal spirituality
I- integration/involvement in a spiritual community
R- ritualized
I- implications for medical care
T- terminal events planning (advanced directives)