Health Chapter 2
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- Why is self-esteem important to health?
- It has a direct effect on all aspects of health-mental, social, and physical
- What is a pessimist?
- Someone who looks at the negatives and expects the worst.
- What is depression?
- emotional state where you feel hopeless and worthless
- According to Erikson what stage are teens in?
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Identity VS role confusion
the are trying to find a sense of self lots of questions - What is grief?
- period of deep sorrow following the death of a loved one
- Define extrovert
- Outgoing individual
- Name the 5 parts of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
- *Basic physical needs *Safety needs *Social needs *Esteem needs *Self-actualization
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What is personality?
- Unique combination of traits that make you an individual.
- Name 6 defense mechanisms
- Compensation, rationalization, denial, reaction formation, projection,regression
- What is mental health? Describe 4 characteristics.
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comfortable with yorself, others, and surroundings
*realistic about strengths and weaknesses *responsible for daily living *caring toward self and others *feel joy and achievements -
What is love?
Name 3 kinds of love -
deep feelings of affection and concern
*family members, *friends, *romantic *country - Name some characteristics of mentally healthy people.
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friendly, optimistic, loving.
can be assertive,laugh at themselves, try new things, try to do their best - What is a theory?
- coordinated set of ideas used to explain something
- What is an optimist?
- Someone who focuses on the positive side of things
- What are some traits of people who have self-actualization?
- Realistic, accepting, independent, self-sufficient, appreciative of life, concerned about other humans, fair, love others, hardworking
- What is self-actulization?
- When a person tries to be all they can be (the Army)
- Name at least 4 ways to boost self-esteem.
- *focus on strengths and things you do well *pick friends that support you *set goals and ways to achieve *avoid negative thinking * have sense of humor
- What is a phychologist?
- A person who studies the human mind and behavior
- What is self-esteem?
- How much you like yourself and how good you feel about yourself.
- What is a peer group?
- Friends who are the about the same age and who share interests.
- Why shouldn't you use defense mechanisms to often?
- they can stunt emotional growth, won't learn to express feelings, won't develop good skills
- What are the 3 parts of personality that Frued talked about, and what did they do?
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*Id-biological urges(hunger)
*Ego-thoughtful decision making (find food)
*Superego-right from wrong, conscience (don't steal food) - What is a defense mechanism?
- an unconscious coping strategy people use to defend themselves against difficult feelings
- What does assertive mean?
- Able to stand up for yourself and express your feelings in a nonthreatening way
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What is an emotion?
Name 6 emotions -
reaction to a situation involving mind, body, and behavior
love, anger, fear, guilt, happiness, sadness - Who are 3 people that had theories about personality?
- Sigmund Freud, Erick Erikson, Abraham Maslow
- What is a coping strategy?
- a way of dealing with an uncomfortable or unbearable feeling or situation
- What does passive mean?
- Holding back your feelings and yeilding to others
- What are personality traits influenced by?
- Both heredity and environment
- What stage are infants in?
- Trust vs. mistrust
- What is an unconscious thought?
- thoughts of which a person is not aware like a forgotten childhood memory
- What is a conscious thought?
- A thought of which a person is aware
- Define introvert
- not outgoing thoughts directed inward
- What does aggressive mean?
- communicating your ideas or feelings in a forceful or threatening way
- What was Eriksons theory of personality development?
- Eight stages that contiued throughout your life.
- What is psychoanalysis?
- treatment that brings unconscious thoughts to the conscious mind so that conflicts can be resolved