PERDEV

• Stress


  A person's response to a challenging stimuli or situation
• Eustress

  Keeps a person alert, motivated, and excited which results in improved performance
• Distress


  A person experiences negative emotions, adverse effects on physical aspects, and/or negative changes in behavior
• Stressor


  Cause of stress
• Stress


  A subjective experience
• Coping


  The way people try to deal with problems which includes handling stress
• Problem-focused Coping


  Dealing with the actual problem posed by a stressful situation
• Emotion-focused Coping


  Aims to comfort and soothe the stressed individual
• Avoidance Coping


  Refusal to accept and deal with the stressor
• Unhealthy Coping Style


  Brings harm to oneself or to other people; avoid the stressor
• Healthy Coping Style


  Channels negative emotions in acceptable or productive ways; address the actual problem
• Possible causes of stress

  • Academic-related
  • Relationship with friends and peers
  • Family/marital conflict
  • Financial
  • Serious illness or injury of a loved ones
  • Breakups
• Emotion-focused Coping skills

  • Exercises
  • Take a bath
  • Pep talk
  • Meditate
• Problem-focused Coping skills

  • Managing time
  • Asking for support
  • Establish healthy boundaries
  • Create a to-do list
• Tips to fight stress

  • Sleep
  • Focus on your strengths
  • Do things that make you happy
  • Physical activity
  • Talk to someone
• Parts of brain

  • Frontal lobe
  • Parietal lobe
  • Temporal lobe
  • Occipital lobe
• Frontal Lobe


  Primary motor area
• Temporal Lobe


  Primary auditory area
• Parietal Lobe


  Primary somatosensory area
• Occipital Lobe


  Primary visual area
• Corpus callosum


  The primary commissural region of the brain consisting of white matter tracts that connect the left and right cerebral hemispheres
• Left Hemisphere


  Logic, reasoning, and language
• Right Hemisphere


  Spatial relationship, art, imagination, and personal memories
• Brain Dominance Theory


  Inspired by Roger Sperry's Split-Brain Experiment
• Brain Dominance Theory


  Based on the notion that each hemisphere of the brain have different functions
• Brain Dominance Theory


  Claims that one hemisphere of the brain can be dominant over the other
• Left brain dominant People


  Prefer analysis and inductive reasoning
• Left brain dominant people


  Prefer to process information sequentially
• Right brain dominant people


  Prefer global thinking and deductive reasoning
• Right brain dominant people


  Instinctive, holistic, and creative
• Whole Brain Theory


  Claims that the entire brain is active during mental processing
• Whole Brain Theory


  There is a selective interaction among various parts during mental processes
• Mind Map


  A visual tool that facilitates learning and memory through using words, images and colors
• Mental Health


  • Achievement of developmental milestones
  • Free from psychopathology or mental illness
  • Establishments of effective coping skills, secure attachments, and positive social relationship
  • Positive quality of life
  • Able to function well at home, school, and community
  • Includes emotional, psychological, and social well-being
• Psychological Well-being


  PERMA (SELIGMAN,M 2011): Positive emotions, Engagement, Positive Relationships, Sense of Meaning, Sense of Accomplishment
• Mental Hygiene


  Protecting and maintaining mental health though education and a strong support
• Mental Health Concerns

  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Conduct disorder
  • Anorexia and bulimia nervosa
  • Risky sexual behavior
  • Substance abuse
  • Antisocial behavior
  • Self injury
• What do to?

  • Social skills
  • Problem-solving Skills
  • Developing Self-Esteem
• Mental illness is not contagious
• A person who has one or both parents with a mental illness is more likely to develop a mental illness