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Week 10
Spiritual: The experience of loss, death & grief
Question | Answer |
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SELF-TRANSCENDENCE | THERE IS A FORCE OUTSIDE OF AND GREATER THAN THE PERSON |
CONNECTEDNESS | INTRAPERSONALLY, INTERPERSONALLY, AND TRANSPERSONALLY |
ATHEIST | DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD |
AGNOSTIC | BELIEF THAT THERE IS NO KNOWN ULTIMATE REALITY |
SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING | HAVING A VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL DIMENSION |
FAITH | A RELATIONSHIP WITH A DIVINITY, HIGHER POWER |
RELIGION | THE SYSTEM OF ORGANIZED BELIEFS AND WORSHIP THAT A PERSON PRACTICES |
HOPE | A PERSON HAS THE ATTITUDE OF SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR AND LOOK FORWARD TO |
SPIRITUAL DISTRESS | IMPAIRED ABILITY TO EXPERIENCE AND INTEGRATE MEANING AND PURPOSE IN LIFE |
MATURATIONAL LOSSES | FORM OF NECESSARY LOSS, INCLUDE ALL NORMALLY EXPECTED LIFE CHANGES ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN |
SITUATIONAL LOSS | SUDDEN, UNPREDICTABLE EXTERNAL EVENT |
ACTUAL LOSS | CAN NO LONGER FEEL, HEAR, OR KNOW A PERSON OR OBJECT |
PERCEIVED LOSSES | ARE UNIQUELY DEFINED BY THE PERSON EXPERIENCING LOSS AND ARE LESS OBVIOUS TO OTHER PEOPLE |
GRIEF | EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO A LOSS, WHICH IS UNIQUE TO THE INDIVIDUAL |
MOURNING | CULTURALLY INFLUENCED RITUALS THAT ARE LEARNED BEHAVIORS |
BEREAVEMENT | CAPTURES BOTH GRIEF AND MOURNING, EMOTIONAL RESPONSES AND OUTWARD BEHAVIORS FOR A PERSON EXPERIENCING LOSS |
UNCOMPLICATED GRIEF (NORMAL GRIEF) | HAS A KNOWN CAUSE AND POSES NO SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION IN SELF CONCEPT |
COMPLICATED GRIEF | DYSFUNCTIONAL, THE GRIEVING PERSON HAS A PROLONGED OR SIGNIFICANT TIME MOVING FORWARD AFTER A LOSS |
CHRONIC GRIEF | PROLONGED GRIEF, AN INABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER A LOSS |
DELAYED GRIEF | SUPPRESSING OR POSTPONING NORMAL GRIEF RESPONSES |
EXCESSIVE GRIEF | VERY INTENSE EMOTIONS OF GRIEF |
EXAGGERATED GRIEF | DISTORTED GRIEF, USUALLY OCCURS IN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS UNDERLYING MENTAL ILLNESS |
CONCOMITANT GRIEF | SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT LOSSES IN CLOSE SUCCESSION |
ANTICIPATORY GRIEF | THE UNCONSCIOUS PORCESS OF DISENGAGING BEFORE THE ACTUAL LOSS OR DEATH OCCURS |
STRESS | AN EXPERIENCE A PERSON IS EXPOSED TO, THROUGH A STIMULUS OR STRESSOR |
STRESSORS | DISRUPTIVE FORCES OPERATING WITHIN OR ON ANY SYSTEM |
APPRAISAL | HOW PEOPLE INTERPRET THE IMPACT OF THE STRESSOR ON THEMSELVES |
TRAUMA | EXPERIENCED WHEN SYMPTOMS PERSIST BEYOND THE DURATION OF THE STRESSOR |
FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT RESPONSE | AROUSAL OF THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME | A THREE-STAGE REACTION TO STRESS |
ENDORPHINS | ACT ON THE MIND LIKE MORPHINE AND OPIATES, PRODUCING A SENSE OF WELL-BEING |
ALARM REACTION | RISING HORMONE LEVELS RESULT IN INCREASED BLOOD VOLUME, BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS, EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE AMOUNTS, HEART RATE, BLOOD FLOW TO THE MUSCLES, OXYGEN INTAKE, AND MENTAL ALERTNESS |
RESISTANCE STAGE | BODY STABILIZES AND RESPONDS IN THE OPPOSITE MANNER TO THE ALARM REACTION |
EXHAUSTION STAGE | OCCURS WHEN THE BODY IS NO LONGER ABLE TO RESIST THE EFFECTS OF THE STRESSOR |
PRIMARY APPRAISAL | EVALUATING AN EVENT FOR ITS PERSONAL MEANING |
SECONDARY APPRAISAL | FOCUSES ON POSSIBLE COPING STRATEGIES |
COPING | PERSON'S EFFORT TO MANAGE PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS |
EGO-DEFENSE MECHANISMS | ALLOW A PERSON TO COPE WITH STRESS INDIRECTLY |
DISTRESS | DAMAGING STRESS |
EUSTRESS | STRESS THAT PROTECTS HEALTH, IS MOTIVATING |
POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER | A TRAUMA OCCURS AND ITS EFFECTS WILL SOMETIMES LAST WELL AFTER THE EVENT ENDS |
ACUTE DISTRESS DISORDER | CONSISTS OF THE PERSON DISPLAYING AT LEAST THREE ACUTE DISSOCIATIVE SYMPTOMS |
FLASHBACKS | RECURRENT OR INTRUSIVE RECOLLECTIONS OF THE EVENT |
DEVELOPMENTAL CRISIS | REQUIRES NEW COPING SKILLS AND OCCURS AS THE PERSON MOVES THROUGH LIFE'S STAGES |
SEXUALITY | PART OF A PERSON'S PERSONALITY & IMPORTANT FOR OVERALL HEALTH |
INTERCOURSE | SEXUAL FUNCTIONING |
GENDER ROLES | INFLUENCED BY CULTURE |
GENDER IDENTITY | THE FIRST 3 YEARS ARE CRUCIAL FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT |
SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN | HAVE GENERAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF SEX |
ADOLESCENTS | NEED ACCURATE INFORMATION ON SEXUAL ACTIVITY, EMOTIONAL RESPONSES WITH RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, CONTRACEPTION, & PREGNANCY |
HOMOSEXUAL | MANY ADOLESCENTS WILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE EXPERIENCE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL OR IN A GROUP |
HETEROSEXUAL | MALE & FEMALE RELATION SHIP |
YOUNG ADULTHOOD | MANY ADOLESCENTS WILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE EXPERIENCE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL OR IN A GROUP |
MIDDLE ADULTHOOD | CHANGES IN PHYSICAL APPEARANCE LEAD TO CONCERNS ABOUT SEXUAL ATTRACTIVENESS |
OLDER ADULTHOOD | FACTORS INCLUDE PRESENT HEALTH STATUS, PAST AND PRESENT LIFE SATISFACTION, STATUS OF INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS |
CONTRACEPTIVE OPTIONS | PILL, IUD, CONDOMS, DIAPHRAGM, TUBAL LIGATION, VASECTOMY |