EXAM 1STUDY GUIDE

-----------------------------Health in a Changing SocietyWhat’s the difference between health and wellness?What are the 7 dimensions of wellness?What is the ecological model of wellness and what does it explain?What are social determinants of health? Give examples.What are some reasons why your genetics are important to understand?What are the four components of the Health Belief Model, and what do they mean?Stage of Change Model of behavior

• What does it describe?• What’s the point of it?• Know each stage• Know how to effectively communicate with someone at each stage.

What is self efficacy? Why is it important?What is health literacy? Why is it important?

• What are some questions that you should ask yourself when it comes to health information?

MENTAL HEALTH AND STRESSWhat is mental health? What are mentally healthy people capable of doing?What is positive psychology?What are some characteristics of mentally healthy people?How is optimism related to mental health?What is emotional IQ and why is it important?What is a mental disorder?What are the signs of depression?

• What makes it major depressive disorder?What is bi-polar disorder?

• What are manic episodes? What does it look like?

What is schizophrenia and it’s most common symptoms?What is the difference between panic attack and disorder?What are phobias?

• How can they affect health?What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?What are the two main types of addiction?What are the risk factors for suicide?

• What are the signs?What kind of treatments are available for mental disorders?

What is stress?• Stressor?• Difference between eustress and distress?

What is the fight or flight response?• What system controls it?• What happens to your body during it?

What is the relaxation response?What is homeostasis?What is the difference between acute stress from chronic stress?What is General Adaptation Syndrome?

• What does it explain?• What are the three phases?

What are health effects of stress?• What systems are effected? How does it show?

How is Type A personality related to stress?How does perception play a role in stress?How does expectations play a role in stress?What is hardiness?

SLEEPWhat are circadian rhythms?What is sleep?What is sleep good for?What are some health effects of missing sleep?What is sleep deprivation and its effects?What is sleep debt?What is insomnia?What is sleep apnea?How do you get good sleep?

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONSThese are the questions I will ask. Answer them in no more than 7 sentences.

1. Pick one of the dimensions of wellness and explain how society both supports and undermines it.

2. Name one public policy and how it affects your health.

3. Read this definition of mental health: “It is not just the absence of illness, but also the presence of many positive characteristics.” What does this mean?

4. Pick a common stressor you deal with and describe how it can be seen as a challenge to overcome and learn from, instead of a negative stressor.