What are the big five personality traits?
Extroversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, emotional stability, and openness to experience
How does personality form?
environment and heredity
What are Erikson's first 4 stages of development?
What is the difference between eustress and distress?
Eustress: positive stress
Distress: negative stress
What is flow?
being lost in an activity and unaware of time passing.
List 3 tips for boosting your self-esteem.
Make a list of your strengths and weaknesses, set ambitious goals, don't be hard on yourself, rely on values, accept compliments, look beyond your own concerns, don't focus too much on appearance.
What are healthy ways to express anger?
accept feelings, identify triggers, describe your response, seek constructive alternatives, evaluate your progress
What are Erikson's last 4 stages of development?
What are the four general types of stress?
major life changes, catastrophes, everyday problems, and environmental problems.
What are some examples from the film of how connecting with other people contributes to happiness?
Eating with family/friends, being with friends and family, having hobbies
What are the hierarchy of needs?
Physical needs, safety, belonging, esteem, self-actualization
What are the 4 primary emotions?
happiness, sadness, anger, fear
What is identity?
a sense of self
What are the stages of stress?
alarm state, resistance stage, exhaustion stage
What is optimism and pessimism?
Optimism: tendency to focus on the positive aspects of a situation
Pessimism: tendency to focus on the negative and expect the worst
What is self-actualization?
achieving your full potential
What are the 2 learned emotions?
love, guilt and shame
What does the 8th stage, look back with acceptance mean?
during older adulthood, people reflect on their lives. Some accept the choices they made, while others may regret the opportunities they missed.
What is the fight-or-flight response?
You either fight the stressor or escape the stressor
What is a perfectionist?
someone who accepts nothing less than excellence.
What are some traits of people who have achieved self-actualization?
Realistic, accepting, independent, self-sufficient, concerned about humankind, capable of loving others, fair, creative and hard-working, not afraid to be different.
What is a coping strategy?
A way of dealing with an uncomfortable or unbearable feeling or situation. Coping strategies are helpful when they improve a situation or allow a person to handle a situation in a better way. Coping strategies can be harmful when they make a situation worse or a person is less able to handle a situation.
What does it mean when young children learn to be independent?
Young children learn to do things on their own. They start to gain control over their own bodies. They learn to walk and use the toilet. If children fail to master these tasks, they develop self-doubt. If their efforts are ridiculed, they may feel ashamed.
What are 2 illness stress can cause/trigger?
Stomaches, asthma, headaches, heart disease
What is the key factor in resilience?
having the support of family and friends.