HE ED110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Auditory Hallucination, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder
21 Jun 2018
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Chapter 2
Learning Objectives
1. Describe what it means to be psychologically healthy
2. Explain how to develop and maintain a positive self-concept and healthy self-esteem
3. Discuss the importance of an optimistic outlook, good communication skills, and
constructive approaches to dealing with the loneliness and anger
Learning Objectives
4. Describe common psychological disorders
5. List the warning signs of suicide
6. Describe the different types of help available for psychological problems
Psychological health is…
Important to every dimension of wellness.
Our capacity to think, feel, and behave in ways that contribute to our ability to enjoy life
and manage challenges.
Not merely the presence of wellness or the absence of sickness…
Psychological health is influenced by a variety of factors (e.g., diet, sleep
patterns, relationship issues).
Maslow’s Hierarchy:
Striving Toward Self-Actualization
Abraham Maslow adopted a positive outlook of psychological health and believed that
the presence of wellness was of great importance.
He described a hierarchy of needs one must work towards to achieve positive
psychological health.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
What Psychological Health is Not
Psychological health is not the same as psychological normality.
Being mentally normal simply means being close to average.
Psychological diversity, a valuable asset to society, brings about a wide variety of ideas,
lifestyles, and attitudes.
The mere presence or absence of symptoms does not determine if someone is ‘mentally
ill’ or ‘mentally healthy.’
Meeting Life’s Challenges
Everyone must learn to cope with life’s large and small challenges.
Throughout our lives, we will continue to grow psychologically, developing new and
more sophisticated coping mechanisms.
Meeting Life’s Challenges:
Growing Up Psychologically
How we respond to life’s challenges influences the development of our personality and
identity.
Erik Erikson proposed that development progresses through 8 stages across our lifetime.
Once one stage is mastered, we may move on to the next; failure to master a stage
before moving on to the next can have repercussions in later life (e.g., an identity crisis).
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Erikson’s Stages of Development
Meeting Life’s Challenges:
Growing Up Psychologically
Developing an Adult Identity…
Begins in adolescence and is a lifelong process.
Is a unified self characterized by attitudes, beliefs, and ways of acting ‘who you are.’
Is about knowing who you are, what you are capable of, what roles you play, and your
place among your peers.
Meeting Life’s Challenges:
Growing Up Psychologically
Developing an Adult Identity…
Is an important part of psychological wellness
Without a personal identity, we can feel confused about who we are which can lead to
an identity crisis
Meeting Life’s Challenges:
Growing Up Psychologically
Developing Intimacy
Other tasks of adulthood include learning to live intimately with others and finding a
productive role for yourself in society.
Meeting Life’s Challenges:
Growing Up Psychologically
Developing Values and Purpose in Your Life
Values and purpose are often reexamined throughout one’s life.
Values underlie our moral decisions and behaviour, as they help us distinguish between
‘good’ and ‘bad’.
Striving for Spiritual Wellness
A very personal wellness component, associated with greater coping skills.
Linked to longer life expectancy, reduced risk of disease, faster recovery, and improved
emotional health.
Striving for Spiritual Wellness
Several explanations have been offered to explain why spirituality improves health,
including
Social support
Healthy habits
Positive attitude
Moments of relaxation
Achieving Healthy Self-Esteem
Developing a Positive Self-Concept
Begins in childhood by feeling loved, feeling one can give love, and having a
sense that one can accomplish goals.
Integration, or feeling that one has created their own self-concept rather than adopting
an image that others have created, is essential to a positive self-concept.
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Document Summary
Learning objectives: describe common psychological disorders, list the warning signs of suicide, describe the different types of help available for psychological problems. Our capacity to think, feel, and behave in ways that contribute to our ability to enjoy life and manage challenges. Not merely the presence of wellness or the absence of sickness . Psychological health is influenced by a variety of factors (e. g. , diet, sleep patterns, relationship issues). Abraham maslow adopted a positive outlook of psychological health and believed that the presence of wellness was of great importance. He described a hierarchy of needs one must work towards to achieve positive psychological health. Psychological health is not the same as psychological normality. Being mentally normal simply means being close to average. Psychological diversity, a valuable asset to society, brings about a wide variety of ideas, lifestyles, and attitudes. The mere presence or absence of symptoms does not determine if someone is mentally ill" or mentally healthy. ".
