Vocab
What is distress?
Distress is a negative stress.
What are the two types of communication?
Verbal and nonverbal
What is perception?
Perception is the act of becoming aware through your senses.
Decision-Making Skills steps....
1) State the situation
2) List the options
3) Weigh the outcomes
4) Consider values
5) Make a decision and act on it
6) Evaluate the decision
What is chronic stress?
Stress associated with long-term problems that are beyond a person’s control.
What is eustress?
Eustress is a positive stress.
What is intrapersonal communication?
Intrapersonal communication is communication with yourself.
What is homeostasis?
Homeostasis is a self-regulating process by which an organism can maintain internal stability while adjusting to changing external conditions.
What are health skills?
Health skills are specific tools and strategies to maintain, protect, and improve all aspects of your health.
What is General Adaption Syndrome?
The process your body goes through when stressed.
1. Alarm reaction
2. Resistance
3. Exhaustion
What is accessing information?
Accessing information is knowing how to find reliable sources and evaluate health information and services to benefit your well being.
What is interpersonal communication?
Communication with others.
What is a stressor?
A stressor is the act of becoming aware through your senses.
What are conflict-resolution skills?
Conflict resolution skills is the process of ending a conflict through cooperation and problem solving.
Ways to deal with stress are...
Use Refusal Skills
Plan Ahead
Think Positively
Relaxation Techniques
Redirect Your Energy
Seek Support
What do you do when analyzing influences?
When analyzing influences you understand and evaluate influences to help you make more healthful choices.
Some communication skills are?
2) Communicate with respect and care
3) Be an active listener
What are some physical effects of stress?
Physical effects: headache, increased breathing rate, increased heart rate, high blood pressure, weakened immune system, profuse sweating
What are refusal skills?
Refusal skills are communication strategies that can help you say no when you are urged to take part in behaviors that are unsafe or unhealthy.
What are some places to access information?
.edu
.gov
.net
What is advocacy?
Advocacy is taking action to influence others to address a health-related concern or to support a health-related belief.
What are the 10 health skills?
-Communication
-Refusal
-Conflict Resolution
-Accessing Information
-Analyzing Influences
-Practicing healthful behaviors
-Stress Management
-Advocacy
-Decision making
-Goal setting
What are some mental effects of stress?
Mental/emotional and social effects: difficulty concentrating, mood swings, substance abuse.
What is stress?
The body’s physiological and emotional responses to everyday challenges and demands that disturbs an individual’s homeostasis
H.E.L.P. Strategy
Healthful
Ethical
Legal
Parent approval