Emotional Wellness Quiz

Emotion

Interactions of feelings, attitudes, and thoughts along with a personal awareness that these factors can influence choices and decisions

Emotion

A feeling that results in both physical and psychological reactions

Feeling

An emotional state or reaction; an emotion or sensitivity

Attitude

A manner of feeling and an indicator of a mental or emotional state

Thought

Ideas and outlooks prevalent at a given time

Emotional state

Overall emotional perspective of a person based off of the sum of their emotions

Negative emotional state

Mainly negative emotions

Positive emotional state

Mainly positive emotions

Positive emotions

Hope, gratitude, peace, joy, happiness

Negative emotions

Anger, fear, depression, guilt, pessimism

Depression

Loss of pleasure in life, a sense of hopelessness or meaninglessness

Guilt

Feeling remorse or regret for not doing more, not accomplishing enough, or doing wrong

Anxiety

A sense of crisis at a particular moment, possibly involving a percieved threat, fear, tension or apprehension

Trait anxiety

Anxiety can appear in various kinds of situations, more of a personality trait

State anxiety

Anxiety dependent on a situation

Pessimism

A belief that the negative outweighs the positive, an expectation of the worst outcome in any situation

Eustress

Good stress, can motivate to take positive actions

Distress

Negative stress, can break focus in the form of negative thoughts and patterns

Stressor

Any physical, psychological or environmental event or condition that initiates a stress response

Alarm/fight or flight

Stage of stress where the brain perceives a stressor and prepares the body to deal with it

Resistance

Stage of stress where you meet stress with increased strength, endurance, sensory capacities, etc

Exhaustion

Stage of stress that happens if the effects of stress aren’t dealt with

Stress

A disturbance in physical/emotional state that affects the body’s normal physiological state, and to which the body must try to adapt

Stress response

A set of physiological changes that the body initiates in response to a stressor

General Adaptation Syndrome

A model of stress reaction based on the idea of homeostasis, Stages include alarm, resistance, and exhaustion

Allostasis

The many changes that occur in the body to maintain homeostasis

Allostatic load

Long term wear and tear on the body caused by prolonged stress

Self efficacy

A function of how you appraise the stress in your life, focus is your confidence in your performance abilities

Cortisol

Main stress hormone

Adrenaline

Released by adrenal glands that readies your body for quick action, stimulates sympathetic nerves

Norepinephrine

Secreted by adrenal glads that readies the body for quick action by increasing arousal

PTSD

An acute stress disorder caused by experiencing an extremely traumatic event

Appraisal

The interpretation and evaluation of information provided to the brain by the senses

Psychological hardiness

Personal characteristics or control, commitment, and an embrace of challenge that help people cope with stress

Downshifting

Forming new values that include stepping back to a simpler life

80%

Percent of college students with anxiety

50%

Percent of college students with depression