HLE Exam 1

Question 1

What are the dimensions of wellness?

Answer 1

Physical, emotional, intellectual, interpersonal, cultural, spiritual, environmental, financial, occupational

Question 2

What is mortality rate?

Answer 2

Rate of death

Question 3

What is the current life expectancy as of 2020?

Answer 3

77 yrs

Question 4

What is wellness?

Answer 4

Optimal health and vitality, encompassing all
the dimensions of well-being

Question 5

Chronic disease

Answer 5

A disease that develops and continues over a
long period.

Question 6

Morbidity rate

Answer 6

Rate of disease

Question 7

Infectious disease

Answer 7

Diseases that are able to be passed down to people

Question 8

Health Span

Answer 8

(How long we stay healthy) freedom from chronic or disabling disease

Question 9

Health

Answer 9

the overall condition of body or mind and the presence or absence of illness or injury

Question 10

Life expectancy

Answer 10

the period of time a member of a given population is expected to live

Question 11

Factors that you can control regarding health

Answer 11

Health habits, personal health behaviors

Question 12

Health promotion

Answer 12

the process of enabling people to
increase control over their health and its determinants: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Question 13

General adaptation syndrome

Answer 13

suggests a predictable response pattern to all stressors

Question 14

Sympathetic division

Answer 14

Activated when you are stimulated, such as by exercise or when you experience
pain, anger, or fear.

Question 15

Personality

Answer 15

The sum of cognitive, behavioral, and
emotional tendencies

Question 16

Somatic nervous system

Answer 16

Voluntary movement

Question 17

Distress

Answer 17

Brought on by an unpleasant stressor

Question 18

Endorphins

Answer 18

Feel-good hormones

Question 19

Eustress

Answer 19

Brought on by a pleasant stressor

Question 20

Homeostasis

Answer 20

Normal state

Question 21

Fight, Flight, Freeze

Answer 21

Trigger physiological changes

Question 22

Stressor

Answer 22

Mental states or events that trigger physical and psychological reactions

Question 23

Allostatic load

Answer 23

the “wear and tear” on the body that results from longterm exposure to repeated or chronic stress

Question 24

PNI

Answer 24

The study of the
interactions among the nervous, endocrine, and
immune systems

Question 25

Daily hassles

Answer 25

College stressors: * Academic stress * Interpersonal stress * Time pressures * Financial concerns * Worries, especially about the future

Question 26

Defense mechanism

Answer 26

Allow people to rearrange thoughts and feelings to resolve conflicts

Question 27

Assertiveness

Answer 27

Expression that is forceful but not hostile; being able to say no or yes depending on the situation

Question 28

Self-actualization

Answer 28

A state met by people who have fulfilled a good measure of their human potential

Question 29

Emotional intelligence

Answer 29

the capacity to identify and manage your own emotions and respond to the emotions of others

Question 30

Autonomy

Answer 30

Physical, social, emotional, and intellectual independence

Question 31

Cognitive distortion

Answer 31

patterns of negative thinking that make events seem worse than they are

Question 32

self-concept

Answer 32

Sense of being loved and being able to give love and accomplish goals

Question 33

Psychological health

Answer 33

a broad concept that can be defined negatively, as the absence of sickness, or positively, as the presence of wellness

Question 34

Positive psychology

Answer 34

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Question 35

Panic attacks

Answer 35

brief surges of overwhelming anxiety

Question 36

Depression

Answer 36

characterized by loss of interest, sadness, hopelessness, loss of appetite, disturbed sleep, and other physical symptoms

Question 37

Schizophrenia

Answer 37

a devastating mental disorder that affects thinking and perceptions of reality

Question 38

Alaska Natives or Native Americans

Question 39

Warning signs of suicide

Question 40

Mental Health and self-help

Answer 40

Spiritual wellness, writing, relaxation techniques, time management

Question 41

Our genes determine what percent of the variability of our life span

Answer 41

25%