Week 4 - Wellness Flashcards

Question

Frugal people are happier, in general

Answer 1

Choosy about how you spend your money - thrifting, buy produce on sale Experiences are more related to happiness than possessions Spending money on vacations, trips

Answer 2

Competence, autonomy, relationships Pleasure, engagement, meaning, relationships, autonomy Self-acceptance, personal growth, environmental mastery, purpose in life, positive relations, autonomy Consume in a way that supports positive wellbeing

Answer 3

Income and well-being - tipping point of about 75k/year Someone making 200k are only marginally happier Remember Maslow’s hierarchy! Being thrifty can be associated with happiness Overconsumption, materialism, greed all detract from happiness

Answer 4

Males and females, hetero and same‐sex Marital quality and happiness Just because youre married doesn’t mean you are in a good relationship Diminishing of passion and happiness over time – not always the case! How do we combat this “hedonic adaptation”? Experience more positive events and feel more positive emotions Variety is the spice of relationships Maintain reasonable aspirations Hope to have children, vacation etc Cultivate appreciation Gratitude - appreciating the other person in our life

Answer 5

Caring is a weakness for me - only girly men care Hyper-masculinity was associated with an aversion to positive affect and strategies on previous slide This underscores the importance of teaching young boys and men to develop positive ideas about caring and empathy

Answer 6

1 - Genetically determined set point for happiness - 50% 2- Happiness-relevant circumstantial factors - 10% Household, place where you were born 3- Happiness-relevant activities and practices - 40% Agency over this one -

Answer 7

Emphasizing cultural identity Importance of spirituality

Answer 8

if things are too good, something bad will happen next

Answer 9

Gallup polls - this is the happiness profile Tall, Asian American man over 65 years old, who lives in Hawaii, is married with children, owns a business, earns more than $120,000/year, and is an observant Jew

Answer 10

3-legged stool - high in each of these pillars Need a high level of each and no mental illness Complete state model

Answer 11

Take control of your time - are people really able to do this? Shelter, medication - things we need - low-level hierarchy of needs to be met 5. Movement - physical issues, disabled, ableist things to say

Answer 12

Love - be kind, tell those around you that you love them Work - start meeting with positive comments about others’ contributions Play - help others find time to play; participate in brief relaxation activities during the day

Answer 13

Heart rate is an important measure for diagnosing medical conditions Resting HR is typically between 60-100 bpm HR varies depending on metabolic needs HR increases with an increased need for oxygen and blood in muscles The heart responds similarily to psychological stress and other negative emotions Positive feelings can have a beneficial impact on the heart Connection between mind and body

Answer 14

Hippocrates - Four Bodily fluid that led to various issues when out of balance black bile led to sorrow, phlegm to sleepiness, blood to sanguine feelings, and yellow bile to anger. Fluids out of whack - effect our mental health This emerging biological model gave us the foundational knowledge that our emotions are connected to our health Comorbidities among psychological and physical disorders Mood and anxiety disorders higher in medical inpatients Depressed people report chronic physical illness

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Physical ailment > interferes with activities > depressed mood Acute emotional experiences > physical health changes Emotional experiences > physiological, cognitive, social and behavioral factors

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S-IgA - common cold antibody Negative mood states increase susceptibility to illness Lab studies - exposed to respiratory virus - people who had more negative mood at investigation = more severe illness in response to the virus than those with more positive mood Lab studies manipulating moods - causal influence of affective states S-IgA increased after humor video but dropped after sad video

Answer 17

Humor as coping mechanism - higher baseline S-Iga - better protected from getting things like the common cold The more older women cry - greater the health problems reported Severe stressors over one month - more susceptible to lab-induced colds Personality: Optimism, Hostility, Hardiness (Grit) & Physical Health

Answer 18

Suppressing all thoughts - hard to do Supressing our emotions leads to sympathetic activation of the cardiovascular system - try to suppress our emotions - body puts us into stress mode Emotional suppression has been hypothesized to be related to the development of coronary heart disease 1- Work on mindful acceptance of negative emotion 2- Meditation 3- Coping with negative emotions - run, call a friend

Answer 19

Facing your fears Interventions which help people process and confront trauma produce: Significant improvements in health functioning Fewer self-reported health problems Lower use of health services Enhanced immune system activity These results are found despite the fact that exposure causes negative affect Working through trauma may lead to positive effects if people are able to repair negative moods

Answer 20

Positive emotional states tell us the enviornment is safe change in human behavior is likely the most efficient way to reduce disease morbidity and premature mortality Negative emotional states tell us that something in the environment needs to be addressed/corrected Ex. panic attack - can sometimes come on without external stimuli - hard to distinguish where this is coming from Informational piece - allows us to think about mechanisms btw emotions and physical health

Answer 21

Prescence of physical symptoms Perceptions of vulnerability - which are altered by mood People in a good mood perceive less vulnerability - dont believe that they will be vulnerable to illness Good mood - seek treatment less bc they dont think they are vulnerable people made to feel sad report more physical symptoms than those made to feel happy conditions under which mood can systematically alter symptom reports. Peoples belief in their ability to change behavior Happy people belief in their own self-efficacy Have to believe that you are capable of change and that the change will actually do something

Answer 22

Good health practices are often difficult and psychologically taxing Going to the gym Cooking good meals everyday Meditation Take a lot of motivation, planning To adopt precautions, we must be willing to accept that we are vulnerable Not as easy at a young age to realize the vulnerability Anxiety can lead to noncompliance with screenings People dont go to doctor if they're anxious about their health - worried about outcome - catastrophizing Positive emotional states can: Facilitate resilience that people may need if they are told they have or may develop a health problem Facilitate personal resources - humor - that can be used for creativity in thought and action Bring out the best in us Offer people the opportunity to consider and plan for future outcomes Being a person who is positive - deal with negative issues a bit better Someone who is optimistic makes better health choices Pessimist - harder to plan for things associated with treatment

Answer 23

Lots of research supports the connection between optimism and positive health outcomes Both domain-specific and dispositional The mechanism may be that optimism provides resources Ex. someone coping with a health problem who is optimistic can focus on and plan for future outcomes, rather than be focused on the present moment It could also be related to information seeking Optimists spend time reading about health risks, and are more hopeful about their futures Can we elicit positive affect? Yes Downward social comparison - at least its not brain cancer, not that bad - im ok for now Provides short term benefits - mood regulation Long term coping The health care professional can also inspire hope

Answer 24

We behave in certain ways to regulate our mood Smoking, drinking, eating, exercise We desire to repair or improve negative moods Sometimes the bad behaviors make it worse - guilt Engage in certain behaviors because we know it will elevate our mood

Answer 25

Remember - our superpower as humans is that we are social animals Social support is related to lower premature mortality, greater resistance to communicable disease, lower rates of CHD, faster recovery from heart disease and heart surgery. Social support can affect health by: The buffering hypothesis The direct effect hypothesis Types of social support: ---Affection - someone you can be affectionate with ----Emotion - someone you can talk about your emotions ----Informational - talk to get advice ----Tangible support - someone to help you move the fridge ----Positive social interactions

Week 4 - Wellness Flashcards

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