HEALTH DECISIONS
The number of years that a person can expect to live is calles
What is: Life expectancy
A person who is very talkative and sociable is demonstrating a high degree of
What is an: Extroversion
The stages when your body adapts to the continued presence of a stressor is the?
Which of these factors are part of your social environment?
what is your: culture
According to Erickson the main challenge people face during adolescence is to
What is: search for Identity
Stressors that you can control tend to be ?
What is: everyday hassles
Explain what it means to gain awareness and to gain knowledge about a health problem?
what is: to gain awareness means to recognize a health problem, to gain knowledge means to learn how to prevent or treat a problem
Self- Actualization is the process by which people can
What is: reach their full potential.
How does having the support of family and friends contribute to resilience?
These relationships offer love, encouragement and reassurance.
Use the saying " an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" to explain the importance of prevention to your well-being.
What is: It requires more effort to cure a problem than to prevent a problem
How can anger and fear be both helpful and harmful emotions?
What is: Anger can help a person change ; If anger is expressed in negative ways, it is harmful, Fear can help a person avoid a life threatening situation; when fear is an overreaction to a perceived threat, it is harmful.
Describe thee ways that government agencies protect consumers?
What is to: prevent unfair or deceptive advertising, protect public from the sale of unsafe foods, drugs, and cosmetics; establish safety standards for consumer goods, take dangerous products off the market.
Explain why love is such an important emotion?
What is: Being able to give and receive love is essential for mental health.