WEEK 18 LEARNING OBJECTIVES/TERMS

Question 1

What are some emotional impacts to adjusting to post-secondary school?

Answer 1

Loneliness, financial distress, class format, freedom, social opportunities, personal and emotional problems can all impact adjustment to post secondary schools.

Question 2

In post secondary the most common mental illness is?

Answer 2

Depression and anxiety, more than 1 and 3 first year students report at least one diagnosable mental illness.

Question 3

Why does Psych not have trigger warnings?

Answer 3

1) From a scientific standpoint, studies that have investigated the effects of trigger warnings are mixed, but they bottom line is they have none to slightly negative impact on overall student well-being.
2) The pedagogical side, the use of trigger warnings may lead to avoidance of course material which impedes learning this material.

Question 4

Explain chronic disease?

Answer 4

A health condition that persists over time typically for periods longer than three months (HIV, asthma, diabetes).

Question 5

Explain biopsychosocial model of health?

Answer 5

An approach to studying health and human functions that posits the importance of biological, psychological, and social processes.

Question 6

Explain Psychoneuroimmunology?

Answer 6

A field of study examining the relationship among psychology, brain function, and immune function.

Question 7

Explain psychosomatic medicine?

Answer 7

A field of study that focuses on how biological, psychological, and social processes contribute to physiological changes in the body and health overtime.

Question 8

What are traits of Happiness?

Answer 8

• Life satisfaction
• Frequent positive feelings
• Rare negative feelings.

Question 9

Traits of subjective well-being?

Answer 9

• Internal causes
• External causes

Question 10

Genes variability in pleasant emotions, unpleasant emotions, and well-being

Answer 10

Genes account:
- Pleasant emotions roughly 40%
- Unpleasant emotions roughly 55%
- General well-being roughly 48%

Question 11

What is subjective well-being positively and negatively associated with?

Answer 11

Positively: Optimism, hope, gratitude, and positivity as well as cognitive hope and emotional hope.
Negatively: It’s weakness is resilience so ability to adapt to changes and challenges but if achieved is positively associated with happiness.

Question 12

what are the 5-resilience factors?

Answer 12

1) coping
2) control and self-efficacy
3) Social relationships
4) dispositions and emotions
5) Stress management

Question 13

(Coping) Please explain problem focused and emotion focused?

Answer 13

Problem focused = actively addresses the event and better when outcomes are somewhat under control.
Emotion focused = reduce feelings of stress but not as productive as problem focused coping, and the outcome is not under control.

Question 14

Explain control and self-efficacy?

Answer 14

Perception of control is beneficial and self-efficacy = belief that you can do what is needed to achieve the goal.
Reduce stress, promotes health behaviors.

Question 15

Social relationships & loneliness leads too?

Answer 15

Cognitive and physical decline, drug misuse and increase mood disorders.

Question 16

Explain type-A and type-B dispostion/emotions?

Answer 16

Type-A: Competitive, ambitious, time urgency, controlling and impatient.
Type-B: Relaxed, laid-back, flexible, tolerant, even-tempered.

Question 17

Explain stress management?

Answer 17

We may have little control over stress, but can influence our responce to it.

Question 18

Explain sufficient social resources?

Answer 18

• Relationships and belongings is a fundamental human need.
• The more the merrier, life satisfaction.

Question 19

Explain desirable society?

Answer 19

• The environment in which we will live influences our daily lives.
• War and conflict negatively impact subjective wellbeing, particularly for those directly impacted.

Question 20

How can you increase subjective well-being?

Answer 20

Exercise, social interactions, and less time on social media/online.