Health, Stress, & Coping
Changes that go on within a person as they adapt to the environment
What is stress?
Define conflict
What is the arousal of two or more strong motives that cannot be solved together.
Using these too often, they become unhealthy
What is defense mechanism?
This chemical gets released when you engage in pleasurable activities
What is dopamine?
This happens when you believe you can't do anything about a situation
What is learned helplessness?
Stimuli that causes stress
Stressors
A situation where you have to make a choice between two desirable options
What is approach-approach conflict?
Refusing to believe reality, the only one that's conscious
What is denial?
This part of the brain releases dopamine
This is a scale of all different life events their impact on us
What is social readjustment rating scale?
The cause/causes of stress
What is when events are unpredictable
A situation where a single option has both desirable and undesirable aspects
Attempting to explain or justify behavior or an attitude with logical reasons, even if these are not appropriate
What is rationalization?
The cause of addiction
Brain stops producing its own natural dopamine supply so you need to keep doing the pleasurable activity to supply dopamine to your own body
If you accumulate this much points within a year in the social readjustment rating scale, there's a 80% likelihood you'll develop an illness
What is 300 points?
Redirecting our frustration to an easier target
What is displace aggression?
You are trying to make a choice between two unappealing options
What is avoidance-avoidance conflict?
Unconsciously blocking painful memory or thought
What is using video games as a coping mechanism to cope with stressful situations?
Name the three main behaviors of a Type A Personality.
What are hostility, impatience, and cynicism?
What are physical, emotional, or mental changes
Which types of conflict belong with each events?
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Approach-Approach
Approach-avoidance
Avoidance-Avoidance
Celeste has a great deal of anger toward her parents. Rather than being destructive, she unconsciously channels her energy into writing poetry. What is her behavior an example of?
What is sublimation?
Name 3 symptoms someone is addicted to video games?
What are:
- poor performance at school
-neglecting friendships or hobbies
- decline in personal grooming
ETC.
Name one positive effects of video games
What are fast reflexes, better visuo-spatial memory, and chance to connect with people?