BPK 140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Socalled, Skeletal Muscle, Panic Disorder

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Biomedical Physio & Kines
• Course: BPK 140
• Professor: Stephen Brown

Document Summary

Westerners have recently recognized the connection of the mind and body. Maslow looked into mental wellness by studying a group of successful people who seemed to be living at their fullest: self-actualized: the highest state on maslow"s hierarchy of needs; a state of fully becoming oneself psychologically. People who have fully realized their mental and emotional potential in life. The path to self-actualization starts in childhood: stable environment, consistent parenting, feeling safe and protected, being loved and respected. Individuating; the process of forming one"s own identity, separate from one"s parents. Defence mechanisms: psychological responses that help us protect ourselves (our egos, actually) when we don"t get what we want: fantasize, repress feelings, sublimate (channel unacceptable urges into socially acceptable activities) Defense mechanisms help us cope in the short-term but they are obstacles to achieving ultimate resolution of the conflict. Characterized by disordered thinking: may cause the individual to: Having a personal mission to save the world.