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• Political Self


  is the self that the Constitution aims to foster
• Ideal Citizen 


  can be a person who follows the laws, protects, and takes care of the environment, and contributes o the welfare of the people
• violence


  is the use of brute force to cause harm to a person or property
• Mental Health


  is a state of well- being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to contribute to her or his community.
• Learning 


  involves changes in one’s behavior mostly occur through experience.
• Success 


  is defined as the state of accomplishment or achievement resulting from an endeavor.
• Goal


  is an idea of the future/desired result that a person or a group of people envision, plan, and commit to achieve.
• Short Term Goal


  is something you want to accomplish soon.
• Long Term Goal


  takes a long time to achieve.
• Goal Setting 


  is a powerful process for thinking what your ideal future and for motivating yourself to turn your vision of this future into reality.
• Failure

  is the inability to realize one’s goals. It makes one stronger if he knows how to apply the lessons learned from that episode 
• Stress

  is a state of worry or mental tension caused by a difficult situation.
• Eustress


  is a beneficial stress that can be in the form of physical, psychological, and biological stimuli. Comes from the Greek prefix “Eu” means good. 
• Distress or Bad Stress

  occurs when there is a tension build-up which becomes unbearable and difficult to cope with.
• Stressor


  is any event that compels a person to adjust or change. It is anything that causes the release of stress hormones. 
• Physiological (or physical) Stressors


  These are stressors that put strain on our body. (ex. very

  cold/hot temperatures, injury, chronic illness, or pain).
• Psychological Stressors

  These are events, situations, individuals, comments, or anything we interpret as negative or threatening (ex. not being able to find a babysitter for your sick child when you cannot take time off work). 
• Absolute Stressors


  These are stressors that everyone exposed to them would interpret as being stressful. These are objective stressors that are universal (ex. earthquakes, a tsunami, typhoon, etc.) 
• Relative Stressors


  These are stressors that only some exposed to them would interpret as being stressful. These are subjective stressors that cause different reactions in different people (ex. time pressure at work, traffic, paying taxes, writing an exam). 
• STRESS TOLERANCE


  is the ability of an individual to endure stress and it is dependent on his or her psychological and physiological constitution.
• COPING


  refers to the thoughts and actions we use to deal with a threatening situation.  As you will see, there are many strategies, and some are better than others. 
• Problem-focused strategy


  This strategy relies on using active ways to directly tackle the situation that caused the stress: you must concentrate on the problem.  
• Emotion-focused strategy


  Emotion-focused coping strategies are used to handle feelings of distress, rather than the actual problem situation. You focus on your emotions. 
• SELF-CARE 


  refers to all activities that a person does to maintain and improve his or her physical, psychological, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being