5 - mental and physical health

AP Psychology - part one

health psychology

physical health and wellness

psychophysiological illnesses

body response to changes

eustress

"good" or positive stress that is challenging, motivating, and beneficial to health, performance, and emotional well-being

distress

opposite of eustress

stressors

external factors that cause stress

daily hassle

any normative, day-to-day event (e.g., demanding work, financial pressure, family conflict) that can influence physical and mental health and pose a risk to well-being.

adverse childhood experience

childhood experiences that cause prolonged stress

general adaptation syndrome

the physiological consequences of severe stress. The syndrome has three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion

alarm

flight, fight, or freeze

resistance

fight back against stressor

exhaustion

state of extreme fatigue

fight flight freeze

choose to run, fight, or none

tend and befriend

tending to needs and connecting with others

problem focused coping

try to find solution to stress

emotion focused coping

change negative to positive emotion

positive psychology

positive emotions

resilience

ability to persevere

gratitude

showing appreciation

wisdom

the ability of an individual to make sound decisions, to find the right—or at least good—answers to difficult and important life questions, and to give advice about the complex problems of everyday life and interpersonal relationships

courage

the ability to meet a difficult challenge despite the physical, psychological, or moral risks involved in doing so. Examples of acts of courage include saving another’s or one’s own life against a meaningful threat; coping with a painful, debilitating, or terminal illness; overcoming a destructive habit; and voicing an unpopular opinion.

humanity

compassion in one’s personal relations with specific others, shown by kindness, nurturance, charity, and love

justice

the impartial and fair settlement of conflict and differences, typically by legal process and the imposition of proportionate punishment

temperance

any form of auspicious self-restraint, manifested as self-regulation in monitoring and managing one’s emotions, motivation, and behavior and as self-control in the attainment of adaptive goals.

transcendence

the study of consciousness, a state of existence or perception that is not definable in terms of normal understanding or experience.

posttraumatic growth

the positive psychological, and sometimes physiological, improvements that can accompany or result from direct engagement with profoundly challenging situations and life crises

dysfunction

disorder interrupts everyday life

distressing

negative stressors

deviation

hard time interacting within society

stigma

negative label

diagnostic tools

specialized training, evidence based practice, and clarification systems

DSM

all diagnosis must be found in the book

ICD

european version of DSM and less specific than the DSM

ecletic

multiple perspectives

behavioral perspective

negative associations learned to respond to stimuli

psychodynamic perspective

unconscious thoughts and experiences

humanistic perspective

lack of social support and inability to reach ones potential

cognitive perspective

negative thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, and emotions

evolutionary perspective

reduce the likelihood of survival

sociocultural perspective

negative social relations

biological perspective

physiological and genetic issues

biopsychosocial

combined multiple perspectives; biological, sociological, and physiological

diathesis stress model

genetics and environment

neurodevelopmental disorders

CNS abnormalities that alter thinking and behavior

attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

ADHD - pattern of inattention and impuslive behavior

autism spectrum disorder

deficits in social communications/interactions

schizophrenia

disturbance in thinking, emotional response, and behavior

acute schizophrenia

sudden on set, short duration, and intense

chronic schizophrenia

long term and resistant to treatment form of schizophrenia

delusion

false beliefs

delusion of persecution

false belief that you will be harmed

delusion of grandeur

having exception beliefs of yourself

hallucination

false perceptions

disorganized thinking or speech

positive symptom of schizophrenia that causes people to talk in a word salad

word salad

stringing words in a nonsensible way

disorganized motor behavior

may manifest catatonia

catatonia

disorganized motor behavior

catatonic excitement

constant need to move

flat affect

diminished emotional response

catatonic stupor

random freezing