Because change can be difficult to handle. It influences our ability to cope.
100
Feeling sorry for someone and understanding what they are feeling.
What are sympathy & empathy?
100
The five stages of grief.
What are denial, anger, bargaining, depression & acceptance?
100
Three defense mechanisms are?
What are overcompensation, projection, denial etc.?
100
Three healthy habits to reduce stress?
What are exercise, diet, exercise, laughter etc.?
200
The body's response to any physical or emotional demand put on it.
What is stress?
200
Feeling uncomfortable or uncertain about a situation.
What is anxiety?
200
What kind of changes are often the hardest to handle?
What are SUDDEN changes?
200
A person's perception can be effected by what four types of influences?
What are psychological, physiological, cultural influences and social roles?
200
The book says that "labels and perceptions influence people's self esteem and how they adapt to change". Why do you think that is?
Labels can be hurtful to how we see ourselves and how we see the world is strongly influenced by how we feel about ourselves. It's a vicious cycle.
300
One of the first physician's to recognize that subconscious memory can effect a person's health.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
300
The three main parts of the basic structure of personality.
What are the id, ego, superego?
300
It is aware of reality & the consequences for behavior
What is the Ego?
300
This part of you acts as a conscience, internalized values & standards
What is the SuperEgo?
300
A genuine fear of a real danger versus an irrational fear difficult for others to understand.
What is the difference between a fear and a phobia?
400
1. Refusing to acknowledge or face the unpleasant facts of life. 2. A package of services and a team of people helping patients and their families during the last months of terminal illness
1. What is denial? 2. What is hospice?
400
1. Defense mechanism in which aggressive behavior is placed onto something or someone else. 2. The part of the personality that is aware of reality and the consequences of different behaviors
1. What is displacement? 2. What is the Ego?
400
1. The feeling of apprehension, uneasiness, or uncertainty about a situation. 2. Irrational fears of objects, activities, or situations
1. What is anxiety? 2. What are phobias?
400
1. Putting one's own unacceptable qualities or thoughts onto others despite these unacceptable qualities or thoughts in oneself. 2. Physical illness brought about by psychological problems.
1. What is projection? 2. What is a psychosomatic illness?
400
1. A medical specialty that deals with the treatment and prevention of mental illness. 2. The part of the personality that acts as a conscience or moral guide
1. What is psychiatry? 2. What is the SuperEgo?
500
1. Word which means coming to terms with dying or the loss of a loved one. 2. The process of interpreting information gathered from our surroundings. (How we see the world.)
1. What is acceptance? 2. What is perception?
500
1. The emotional response causes the body to either stand up to danger , run away from danger, or freeze. 2. The definition of fear.
1. What is fight, fright or flight? 2. What is a normal reaction to a genuine danger?
500
1. Having concern for a patient's situation. 2. Coping tools that help us deal with conflict.
1. What is sympathy? 2. What are defense mechanisms?
500
1. Inventing excuses or reasons for one's behavior.
2. Identifying names placed on an individual by others (ie. lazy, smart, nerd etc.)
1. What is rationalization? 2. What are labels?
500
1. Exaggerated and inappropriate behavior of a person in one area to handle inadequacy in some other area. 2. The part of the brain associated with basic unconscious biological drives.