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Focus on Health
Midterm 1
Question | Answer |
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How does "Learning to show nurturing intimicy" influence any of the other four remaining developmental expectations in young adults? | It builds a selfless charactaristic in oneself. You learn to look at life from different points of view. |
How does "Taking Responsibility" influence any of the other four remaining developmental expectations in young adults? | You no longer must depend on others to be "The Bigger Person" and maturity is gained and the ability to humble oneself throughout relationships. Socialization becomes easier. |
How does "Establishing independance" influence any of the remaining developmental expectations in young adults? | Without it, you can't take responsibility, because you, yourself, are not your own responsibility. This will make it difficult to keep nurturing relationships with loved ones, and/or take care of anyone for that matter. |
How does "Forming an Initial Adult Identity" influence any of the other four remaining developmental expectations in young adults? | When forming an identity, you are establishing what kind of person you want to be and what kind of person you want to be percieved as. This person will depict how you choose to develop. |
What are the five developmental tasks of yung adulthood? | Forming an innitial adult idenditity, Establishing independance, taking responsibility, aquiring the ability to function with many different members of different social groups, show nurturing intimicy. |
How does "Obtaining entry-level employment and parenting skills" influence any of the four remaining developmental expectations in young adults? | It gives you a sneak peak of your desired line of work, and helps you socialize in groups and take responsibility for group work, etc. Parenting skills are good for ALL children, and encourages nurturing intimicy. |
What is the most likely route that midlife adults will take in their quest for a sense of generativity? | By "giving back" to society. also by interacting with the needs of vulnerable people, like children and the elderly. |
How does "Learning to socialize in many different groups" influence any of the other 4 remaining developmental expectations in young adults? | It opens more opportunitys in school, family, workplace, etc. After socializing with people of different ethnisitys, ages, etc. you become more educated on how to interact more freely with a specific person. |
Define Morbidity. | Pertaining to Illness and disease. |
Define Mortality. | pertaining to death. |
In Preventative Medical care, who determines a person's level of risk and decides what risk-reduction techniques should be implemented? | The Physician. |
Define Empowerment. | The nurturing of one's ability to be responsible for their own health and well-being. |
What are the 6 stages that persons pass through as they consider and then attempt to change their health behavior? | Precontemplation, Contemplation, preporation, action stage, maintenence, termination. |
Define: Holistic health. | Health in terms of physical, emotional, social, intellectual, spiritual and occupational. |
What is your textbook's defintion of health? | A reflection of one's ability to use the intrinsic and extrinsic resources related to each dimension of our holistic makeup to participate fully in the activities that contribute to growth and development, with the goal of feeling a sense of well-being. |
What are three factors that have been associated with psychological health? | Self Concept, Self Esteem, Emotional Intelligence. |
What are the characteristics commonly demonstrated by psychologically healthy people? | accept themselves, like themselves, give and recieve care and love, accept their mistakes, trust others well, establishes goals. |
Define Self Esteem. | One's sence of pride, self respect, value, and worth. |
What characterizes people with overall high levels of emotional intelligence? | Knowing your emotions, Managing your emotions, motivating yourself, recognize emotions in others, handling relationships. |
Define Nature. | The innate factors that genetically determine personality traits. |
Define Nurture. | The effects that the environment, people, and external factors have on personality. |
What is nonverbal communication? | What is communicated by your facial expression, body posture, tone of voice, and movements. |
Describe Maslow's hierarchy of needs. | Its a postive theory of human behavior. He believed that people are motivated to grow and fulfill their potential, referring to this phenomenon as "self-actualization." |
Define Clinical Depression. | Lack of motivation, decreased energy fatigue, social withdawal, sleep disturbance, loss of appetite, diminished sex drie, feelings of worthlessness and despair. |
Define Bipolar Disorder. | A mood disorder characterized by alternating episodes of depression and mania. |
Define Mania. | An extremely excitable state characterized by excessive energy, racing thoughts, impulsive and/or reckless behavior, irritability, and being prone to distraction. |
Define OCD | Characterized by obsessions and compulsions. |
Define Panic Disorder. | Characterized by panic attacks, in which individuals experience sever physical symptoms. these episodes can last from a couple minutes to hours. |
Define Schizophrenia. | Characterized by profound distortions in one's thought processes, emotions, perceptions, and behavior. |