7th Grade- Chapter 7 Notes
Lesson 1: Kinds of Emotions
Mental Health
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Is the way people think about and respond to events
in their lives
Emotion
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A feeling produced in response to a life event
Hormone
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A chemical that helps control how the body grows
and functions
Emotional Health
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The way a person experiences and deals with
feelings
Emotional Spectrum
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A range of emotions organized by how pleasant they
are
Prejudice
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An unfair judgment made before a person knows
anything about someone or something
Anger
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An emotion of strong disappointment and
displeasure that forms when hopes are not met
Misdirection
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Aiming your feelings at a person who did nothing to
cause those feelings
Physical Responses to Fear
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Lightheadedness, increased HR, hair stands up,
shaking, sweating
Verbal Communication
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Is expressing and understanding thoughts and
emotions by talking
Active Listening
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Is not only hearing but also showing that you
understand what is a person is saying; ask
questions, make eye contact
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Way to express thoughts and emotions with the
face, hands, and posture.
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Using an art to express emotions; dancing, writing,
music, journal
Lesson 2: Expressing Emotions
Body Language
Creative Expression
Lesson 3: Managing your Emotions
Negative Thinking
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Focusing on only the bad parts of a situation
Positive Self-Talk
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Process of thinking about the good parts of a bad
situation
Stress
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The body’s response to new or unpleasant
situations
Defense Mechanisms
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Behaviors we use to deal with stress
Devaluation
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A defense mechanism in which someone transfers
unpleasant feelings about a situation to specific
people
Trigger
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A person, situation, or event that influences
emotions
Mental Illness
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Is a disorder that affects a person’s thoughts,
emotions, and behaviors
Therapy
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Talking about thoughts and changing behaviors, can
help people
Mood Disorder
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Mental illness that affects a person’s mood
Depression
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Mood disorder in which a person is extremely sad
and hopeless for a long time
Signs of Depression
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Unable to enjoy daily activities, sleeping more or
less than normal, move slowly or unable to sit still,
feel guilty, irritable, hopeless, think about death
Suicide
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Act of killing oneself
Bipolar Mood Disorder
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Mood disorder in which a person has depression
sometimes and mania other times; aka manic
depression
Mania
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An excited mod that is associated with excessive
energy or irritation
Hallucinations
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Hear and see things that do not exist
Delusions
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False beliefs
Lesson 4 – Mental Illness
Schizophrenia
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Mental illness that affects thoughts and behaviors
more than it affects moods
Anxiety Disorder
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Mental illnesses that cause extreme nervousness,
worry, panic
Panic Disorder
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Feelings of anxiety that happen in brief spurts
without a trigger or warning
Panic Attack
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Brief periods of extreme anxiety
Phobia
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A strong, abnormal fear of something
Obsessions
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Repeating thoughts again and again
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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Repeating behaviors in response to obsessions