Health, Wellness, Positive Psychology, and Stress Management Review

Vocabulary flashcards based on the review topics covering health and wellness concepts, positive psychology, stress management, and goal setting.

Locus of Control

A psychological concept where an individual believes that their own actions, choices, and efforts shape what happens to them.

Three Pursuits to Happiness

The three paths or pursuits to happiness identified within Positive Psychology: the Pleasant Life, the Engaged Life, and the Meaningful Life.

Pleasant Life

One of the three paths or pursuits to happiness characterized within Positive Psychology.

Engaged Life

One of the three paths or pursuits to happiness characterized within Positive Psychology.

Meaningful Life

One of the three paths or pursuits to happiness characterized within Positive Psychology.

Positive Health

An approach to health evaluated through subjective, biological, and functional measures within positive health framework.

Social Ecological Model

An ecological approach to personal wellness that examines health influences across individual, social environmental, and physical environmental levels.

Social Determinants of Health

Environmental, social, and individual factors and influences that shape health outcomes and personal wellness.

Stressor vs. Stress

A stressor is a perceived threat or challenge, whereas stress is the physical and psychological response of the body to that perceived stressor.

Eustress and Distress

Concepts explaining the variation in an individual's response to stressors, differentiating positive stress (eustress) from negative stress (distress).

Hierarchy of Goal Setting

A framework utilizing three types of goals to enhance the effectiveness of goal setting and goal achievement.

Stages of Change

A framework describing the stages individuals progress through during the wellness process and behavior change.