Module #36 - Promoting Wellness

Question 1

Wellness

Answer 1

The common result of a healthy lifestyle and healthy attitudes.

Question 2

Benefits of Daily Exercise

Answer 2

• help reduce depression
• greater self-confidence and self-discipline
• lowers blood pressure, increase ability to deal with stress

Question 3

Positive psychology

Answer 3

A movement in psychology that focuses on the study of optimal human functioning and the factors that allow individuals and communities to thrive.

Question 4

Wellbeing

Answer 4

Concept that includes life satisfaction, feelings of fulfillment, pleasant emotions, and low levels of unpleasant emotions.

Question 5

Flow

Answer 5

A state of optimal experience that
   - involves a challenge
   - requires skill
   - has clear goals, and
   - provides feedback.
People do the activity for its own sake.

Question 6

Explanatory style

Answer 6

Habits we have for thinking about the good or bad causes of events.

Question 7

Optimism

Answer 7

The tendency to expect the best.
Believe bad events are
   - temporary
   - not their fault
   - will not have broader effects beyond the present circumstances

Question 8

Pessimism

Answer 8

The tendency to expect the worst
Tend to blame themselves
Tend to see the negative as permanent

Question 9

Withdrawal

Answer 9

The discomfort and distress that follows discontinuing the use of an addictive drug such as nicotine.