Health and Positive Psych

Eustress

Good stress (Physical)

Distress

Bad stress (Mental)

Life Changes (SRRS)

More stress in life adds up (article presentation)

Approach-Approach

Decide between 2 good things

Avoid-Avoid

Decide between 2 bad things

Aproach-Avoid

1 choice, but good and bad options

Double Approach-Avoid

2 choices, both have good and bads

Daily Hassles

Little things add up to 1 large thing

Type A

Competitive, Stressed out, Health conditions

Type B

Relaxed, more calmer

Internal locus of control

Something bad happens but you can control what happens after

External Locus of Control

Something bad happens, youre hopelesss

ACE’s

Bad things from childhood can affect later on in life

Optimistic

Ex. Did bad on a test

Unstable- Won’t happen next time

External- Other people also did bad on it

Specific- Did good on other things even though test went bad

Pessimistic

Ex. Did bad on a test

Stable- Never going to change

Global- Bad at other subjects too

Internal- Even though others did bad, you are the only dumb one

GAS- Alarm (1)

Initial reaction to stressor, recognizes something is wrong and prepares to deal with it (Fight or Flight)

GAS- Resistance (2)

Body tries to return to homeostasis, trying to cope

GAS- Exhaustion (3)

More exposure to stress drains the body, fatigue, burnt-out

fight/flight/freeze response

survival-driven reaction to perceived threats, involving adrenaline release that prepares the body to either confront (fight), escape (flight), become immobilized (freeze)

Impact to Immune system functioning/health

More stress, weaker immune system, more prone to get sick

Tend and Befriend coping

Protecting people with stress who are trying to cope

Emotion-Based coping

Calming your emotions instead of the actual stressor itself

Problem-Based coping

Focus on the stressor itself in order to solve it

Positive Psychology

Focusing on the happy things so the bad things dont seem as bad

Broaden and Build Theory

Good mood = more positive things

Mindfulness

Aware of what is happening around you

Money and Happiness (how to increase happiness?)

Once you have enough, you dont need more to increase happiness

Relative Deprivation (how to increase happiness?)

compare yourself to other people, get upset when others have more (Comparison is the thief of joy)

Adaptation-Level Phenomenon (how to increase happiness?)

human tendency to evaluate new experiences, stimuli, or emotions (such as income, sensory input, or happiness) relative to a "neutral" baseline established by prior experience

Feel-Good; Do Good phenomenon (how to increase happiness?)

principle where people in a positive mood (feeling happy, content) are more likely to engage in helpful, altruistic behaviors towards others