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Week 10
Spiritual: The experience of loss, death & grief
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| SELF-TRANSCENDENCE | THERE IS A FORCE OUTSIDE OF AND GREATER THAN THE PERSON |
| CONNECTEDNESS | INTRAPERSONALLY, INTERPERSONALLY, AND TRANSPERSONALLY |
| ATHEIST | DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD |
| AGNOSTIC | BELIEF THAT THERE IS NO KNOWN ULTIMATE REALITY |
| SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING | HAVING A VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL DIMENSION |
| FAITH | A RELATIONSHIP WITH A DIVINITY, HIGHER POWER |
| RELIGION | THE SYSTEM OF ORGANIZED BELIEFS AND WORSHIP THAT A PERSON PRACTICES |
| HOPE | A PERSON HAS THE ATTITUDE OF SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR AND LOOK FORWARD TO |
| SPIRITUAL DISTRESS | IMPAIRED ABILITY TO EXPERIENCE AND INTEGRATE MEANING AND PURPOSE IN LIFE |
| MATURATIONAL LOSSES | FORM OF NECESSARY LOSS, INCLUDE ALL NORMALLY EXPECTED LIFE CHANGES ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN |
| SITUATIONAL LOSS | SUDDEN, UNPREDICTABLE EXTERNAL EVENT |
| ACTUAL LOSS | CAN NO LONGER FEEL, HEAR, OR KNOW A PERSON OR OBJECT |
| PERCEIVED LOSSES | ARE UNIQUELY DEFINED BY THE PERSON EXPERIENCING LOSS AND ARE LESS OBVIOUS TO OTHER PEOPLE |
| GRIEF | EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO A LOSS, WHICH IS UNIQUE TO THE INDIVIDUAL |
| MOURNING | CULTURALLY INFLUENCED RITUALS THAT ARE LEARNED BEHAVIORS |
| BEREAVEMENT | CAPTURES BOTH GRIEF AND MOURNING, EMOTIONAL RESPONSES AND OUTWARD BEHAVIORS FOR A PERSON EXPERIENCING LOSS |
| UNCOMPLICATED GRIEF (NORMAL GRIEF) | HAS A KNOWN CAUSE AND POSES NO SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION IN SELF CONCEPT |
| COMPLICATED GRIEF | DYSFUNCTIONAL, THE GRIEVING PERSON HAS A PROLONGED OR SIGNIFICANT TIME MOVING FORWARD AFTER A LOSS |
| CHRONIC GRIEF | PROLONGED GRIEF, AN INABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER A LOSS |
| DELAYED GRIEF | SUPPRESSING OR POSTPONING NORMAL GRIEF RESPONSES |
| EXCESSIVE GRIEF | VERY INTENSE EMOTIONS OF GRIEF |
| EXAGGERATED GRIEF | DISTORTED GRIEF, USUALLY OCCURS IN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS UNDERLYING MENTAL ILLNESS |
| CONCOMITANT GRIEF | SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT LOSSES IN CLOSE SUCCESSION |
| ANTICIPATORY GRIEF | THE UNCONSCIOUS PORCESS OF DISENGAGING BEFORE THE ACTUAL LOSS OR DEATH OCCURS |
| STRESS | AN EXPERIENCE A PERSON IS EXPOSED TO, THROUGH A STIMULUS OR STRESSOR |
| STRESSORS | DISRUPTIVE FORCES OPERATING WITHIN OR ON ANY SYSTEM |
| APPRAISAL | HOW PEOPLE INTERPRET THE IMPACT OF THE STRESSOR ON THEMSELVES |
| TRAUMA | EXPERIENCED WHEN SYMPTOMS PERSIST BEYOND THE DURATION OF THE STRESSOR |
| FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT RESPONSE | AROUSAL OF THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME | A THREE-STAGE REACTION TO STRESS |
| ENDORPHINS | ACT ON THE MIND LIKE MORPHINE AND OPIATES, PRODUCING A SENSE OF WELL-BEING |
| ALARM REACTION | RISING HORMONE LEVELS RESULT IN INCREASED BLOOD VOLUME, BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS, EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE AMOUNTS, HEART RATE, BLOOD FLOW TO THE MUSCLES, OXYGEN INTAKE, AND MENTAL ALERTNESS |
| RESISTANCE STAGE | BODY STABILIZES AND RESPONDS IN THE OPPOSITE MANNER TO THE ALARM REACTION |
| EXHAUSTION STAGE | OCCURS WHEN THE BODY IS NO LONGER ABLE TO RESIST THE EFFECTS OF THE STRESSOR |
| PRIMARY APPRAISAL | EVALUATING AN EVENT FOR ITS PERSONAL MEANING |
| SECONDARY APPRAISAL | FOCUSES ON POSSIBLE COPING STRATEGIES |
| COPING | PERSON'S EFFORT TO MANAGE PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS |
| EGO-DEFENSE MECHANISMS | ALLOW A PERSON TO COPE WITH STRESS INDIRECTLY |
| DISTRESS | DAMAGING STRESS |
| EUSTRESS | STRESS THAT PROTECTS HEALTH, IS MOTIVATING |
| POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER | A TRAUMA OCCURS AND ITS EFFECTS WILL SOMETIMES LAST WELL AFTER THE EVENT ENDS |
| ACUTE DISTRESS DISORDER | CONSISTS OF THE PERSON DISPLAYING AT LEAST THREE ACUTE DISSOCIATIVE SYMPTOMS |
| FLASHBACKS | RECURRENT OR INTRUSIVE RECOLLECTIONS OF THE EVENT |
| DEVELOPMENTAL CRISIS | REQUIRES NEW COPING SKILLS AND OCCURS AS THE PERSON MOVES THROUGH LIFE'S STAGES |
| SEXUALITY | PART OF A PERSON'S PERSONALITY & IMPORTANT FOR OVERALL HEALTH |
| INTERCOURSE | SEXUAL FUNCTIONING |
| GENDER ROLES | INFLUENCED BY CULTURE |
| GENDER IDENTITY | THE FIRST 3 YEARS ARE CRUCIAL FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT |
| SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN | HAVE GENERAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF SEX |
| ADOLESCENTS | NEED ACCURATE INFORMATION ON SEXUAL ACTIVITY, EMOTIONAL RESPONSES WITH RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, CONTRACEPTION, & PREGNANCY |
| HOMOSEXUAL | MANY ADOLESCENTS WILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE EXPERIENCE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL OR IN A GROUP |
| HETEROSEXUAL | MALE & FEMALE RELATION SHIP |
| YOUNG ADULTHOOD | MANY ADOLESCENTS WILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE EXPERIENCE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL OR IN A GROUP |
| MIDDLE ADULTHOOD | CHANGES IN PHYSICAL APPEARANCE LEAD TO CONCERNS ABOUT SEXUAL ATTRACTIVENESS |
| OLDER ADULTHOOD | FACTORS INCLUDE PRESENT HEALTH STATUS, PAST AND PRESENT LIFE SATISFACTION, STATUS OF INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS |
| CONTRACEPTIVE OPTIONS | PILL, IUD, CONDOMS, DIAPHRAGM, TUBAL LIGATION, VASECTOMY |