Health - Ch 15 Vocab

Emotions

Moods and feelings that you experience

Optimism

The ability to keep a positive outlook

Resilience

The ability to recover from traumatic or stressful events

Emotional Intelligence

The skill of identifying one’s own emotions and understanding the emotions of others

Empathy

The ability to imagine yourself in someone else’s place, and to understand someone’s wants, needs, and point of view

Identity

Who you are, which includes your physical traits, activities, social connections, and internal thoughts and feelings

Gender Identity

A person’s biological makeup - male or female - and how a person experiences or expresses that makeup

Gender Roles

Attitudes and behaviors that a society considers “appropriate” for males or females

Androgynous

A term that describes a person who exhibits feminine and masculine traits equally

Gender Stereotypes

Culturally defined assumptions about what it means to be male or female

Ethnicity

A person’s connection to a cultural or national social group

Self-Image

Your mental picture of yourself

Self-Esteem

Your feelings of self-worth

Self-Actualization

The feeling that you are striving toward and becoming the best person you can be

Philanthropists

Individuals who make donations to improve others’ lives and well-being

Citizenship

The legal status of being entitled to the rights and duties of a community

Rumination

The act of thinking repeatedly about something for a long period of time