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Glenco Health Ch 3
vocab for Ch 3: Achieving Mental and Emotional Health
Question | Answer |
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Mental/Emotional Health | the ability to accept yourself and others, express and mange emotions, and deal with the demands and challenges you meet in your life |
Resilient | the ability to adapt effectively and recover from disappointment, difficulty, or crisis. |
Self-esteem | how much you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself |
Competence | having enough skills to do something. |
Hierarchy of needs | a ranked list of those needs essential to human growth and development, presented in ascending order, starting with basic needs and building toward the need to reach your highest potential. |
Personal identity | your sense of yourself as a unique individual. |
Role Model | someone whose success or behavior serves as an example for you |
Personality | someone whose success or behavior serves as an example for you. |
character | the distinctive qualities that describe how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. |
integrity | a firm observance of core ethical values. |
Trustworthiness | you are honest, loyal, and reliable-you do what you say you'll do |
Respect | you are considerate of others and accept their differences |
Responsibility | you use self-control; you think before you act and consider the consequences |
Fairness | you play by the rules, take turns, and share. |
caring | kind and compassionate |
citizenship | you advocate for a safe and healthy environment at school and in your community |
constructive criticism | nonhostile comments that point out problems and encourage improvement |
emotions | signals that tell your mind and body how to react |
hormones | chemicals produced by your glands that regulate the activities of different body cells |
happiness | being satisfied and feeling positive |
sadness | a healthy reaction to difficult life events |
love | strong affection, deep concern, and respect for another |
fear | when you are startled by someone or something, you may feel this |
guilt | feeling of shame and regret that occurs when you act against your values |
anger | a normal reaction to being emotionally hurt or physically harmed |
hostility | intentional use of unfriendly or offensive behavior |
empathy | ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels |
defense mechanisms | mental processes that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions and situations |
repression | involuntarily pushing unpleasant feelings out of one's mind |
regression | returning to behaviors characteristic of a younger age, rather than dealing with problems in a mature manner |
denial | unconscious lack of recognition of something that is obvious to others |
projection | attributing your own feelings or faults to another person or group |
suppression | consciously and intentionally pushing unpleasant feelings out of one's mind |
rationalization | making excuses to explain a situation or behavior, rather than taking responsibility for it |
compensation | making up for weakness and mistakes through gift giving, hard work, or extreme efforts |