IDIS 199 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Wheel of Life - Correct Answers -A simple yet powerful tool to help you consider how
your life is balanced by recognizing how your time is spent
Connectedness - Correct Answers -A personal sense of belonging
Loneliness - Correct Answers -The sensation or unpleasant feeling that accompanies
the perception that one's social needs are not being met by the quantity or quality of
one's social connections
Increased cortisol
Increased sleep disturbances
Reduced activity
Increased risk of heart disease
Strained immune system - Correct Answers -Effects of loneliness
Social prescribing - Correct Answers -A holistic approach to health and mental health
supporting non-clinical community-based activities to improve social connectedness
An approach for connecting people with non-medical resources (i.e., resources within
the community) to help with the health problems they are experiencing
Social isolation - Correct Answers -An objective measurement of the number of people
you interact with; a lack of quantity of social connections.
Isolation involves being unwillingly alone
Loneliness is a physical issue; emotions are physical and mental experiences - Correct
Answers -Difference between isolation and loneliness
Poor health, alcohol and substance abuse, and suicidal thoughts. - Correct Answers -
Physical impacts of isolation
Reduced confidence, feelings of diminished self-worth, despair, depression,
worthlessness, and self-harm
Social isolation is one of the strongest predictors of depression in later life - Correct
Answers -Emotional impacts of isolation
, Shortened attention span or forgetfulness - Correct Answers -Cognitive impacts of
isolation
Recreation - Correct Answers -Refreshment by means of some pastime, agreeable
exercise, or the like.
A pastime, diversion, exercise, or other resource affording relaxation and enjoyment.
Directed attention - Correct Answers -A form of focused attention that requires great
effort to remain on task and process the information.
This type of attention is mentally demanding, as more appealing external information
must be blocked out.
For example, driving in heavy traffic, study, computer work, phone calls at work, etc.
Involuntary attention - Correct Answers -Effortless
This type of attention is held when the subject is interesting and, therefore,
automatically holds your attention.
A pleasurable way of processing environmental information and, therefore, comes at no
cost to the human in way of tiredness.
For example, watching animals or birds, looking at nature scenes or water, watching
sports, or listening to music.
Directed attention fatigue (DAF) - Correct Answers -A neuropsychological phenomenon
indicating overuse of the brain's inhibitory system necessary for maintaining focused
attention - such as when you are studying
Attention Restoration Theory (ART) - Correct Answers -You think better (or restore your
attention) when you spend time in or connect with nature.
Endorphins - Correct Answers -Exercise releases "feel-good" chemicals, called
_____, that are beneficial to one's overall well-being.
Problem-focused coping - Correct Answers -A way of coping through which people
actively seek information or help to tackle a problem directly or diminish its impact.
Mental health - Correct Answers -An important part of the broader construct of well-
being. It includes psychological health, emotional health, social connectedness, and
realizing potential.
Biopsychosocial model - Correct Answers -Biological - genetic determinants, brain
development, drug effects
Psychological - thoughts, behaviour/coping, self-concept, self-awareness, relationships
Social - connectedness, context, maltreatment, coping skills
Risk factor - Correct Answers -A biological, psychological, or sociological characteristic
or exposure which is associated with a higher likelihood of a negative outcome.
AND ANSWERS
Wheel of Life - Correct Answers -A simple yet powerful tool to help you consider how
your life is balanced by recognizing how your time is spent
Connectedness - Correct Answers -A personal sense of belonging
Loneliness - Correct Answers -The sensation or unpleasant feeling that accompanies
the perception that one's social needs are not being met by the quantity or quality of
one's social connections
Increased cortisol
Increased sleep disturbances
Reduced activity
Increased risk of heart disease
Strained immune system - Correct Answers -Effects of loneliness
Social prescribing - Correct Answers -A holistic approach to health and mental health
supporting non-clinical community-based activities to improve social connectedness
An approach for connecting people with non-medical resources (i.e., resources within
the community) to help with the health problems they are experiencing
Social isolation - Correct Answers -An objective measurement of the number of people
you interact with; a lack of quantity of social connections.
Isolation involves being unwillingly alone
Loneliness is a physical issue; emotions are physical and mental experiences - Correct
Answers -Difference between isolation and loneliness
Poor health, alcohol and substance abuse, and suicidal thoughts. - Correct Answers -
Physical impacts of isolation
Reduced confidence, feelings of diminished self-worth, despair, depression,
worthlessness, and self-harm
Social isolation is one of the strongest predictors of depression in later life - Correct
Answers -Emotional impacts of isolation
, Shortened attention span or forgetfulness - Correct Answers -Cognitive impacts of
isolation
Recreation - Correct Answers -Refreshment by means of some pastime, agreeable
exercise, or the like.
A pastime, diversion, exercise, or other resource affording relaxation and enjoyment.
Directed attention - Correct Answers -A form of focused attention that requires great
effort to remain on task and process the information.
This type of attention is mentally demanding, as more appealing external information
must be blocked out.
For example, driving in heavy traffic, study, computer work, phone calls at work, etc.
Involuntary attention - Correct Answers -Effortless
This type of attention is held when the subject is interesting and, therefore,
automatically holds your attention.
A pleasurable way of processing environmental information and, therefore, comes at no
cost to the human in way of tiredness.
For example, watching animals or birds, looking at nature scenes or water, watching
sports, or listening to music.
Directed attention fatigue (DAF) - Correct Answers -A neuropsychological phenomenon
indicating overuse of the brain's inhibitory system necessary for maintaining focused
attention - such as when you are studying
Attention Restoration Theory (ART) - Correct Answers -You think better (or restore your
attention) when you spend time in or connect with nature.
Endorphins - Correct Answers -Exercise releases "feel-good" chemicals, called
_____, that are beneficial to one's overall well-being.
Problem-focused coping - Correct Answers -A way of coping through which people
actively seek information or help to tackle a problem directly or diminish its impact.
Mental health - Correct Answers -An important part of the broader construct of well-
being. It includes psychological health, emotional health, social connectedness, and
realizing potential.
Biopsychosocial model - Correct Answers -Biological - genetic determinants, brain
development, drug effects
Psychological - thoughts, behaviour/coping, self-concept, self-awareness, relationships
Social - connectedness, context, maltreatment, coping skills
Risk factor - Correct Answers -A biological, psychological, or sociological characteristic
or exposure which is associated with a higher likelihood of a negative outcome.
