Unit 7: Consumerism and Quality of Life

Question 1

Your personal satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) with the cultural and/or intellectual conditions under which you live.

Answer 1

Quality of Life

Question 2

What are the 6 things quality of life is affected by?

Answer 2

1. physical health
2. psychological state
3. level of independence
4. social relationships
5. personal beliefs/spirituality/ religion
6. relationship to important features of the environment.

Question 3

What does physical health include?

Answer 3

• energy and fatigue
• pain and discomfort
• sleep and rest

Question 4

What does psychological state include?

Answer 4

• body image & appearance
• negative feelings
• positive feelings
• self-esteem
• thinking, learning, memory, and concentration (being able to interact and do the things yo used to be able to do)