IDIS 199 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Melancholy - Correct Answers -An older term for clinical depression
Wheel of Life - Correct Answers -To help assess how your time is spent and if there is a
balance
Compassionate Campuses - Correct Answers -Involve working hard to ensure
institutions are inclusive and kind learning communities
Connectedness - Correct Answers -A personal sense of belonging
Social Connectedness - Correct Answers -A personal sense of belonging to a group,
family or community
Loneliness - Correct Answers -An unpleasant feeling when your social needs are not
being met
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) - Correct Answers -An evidence-based therapy
that involves addressing/changing maladaptive thinking patterns and modifying
behaviour
Maladaptive - Correct Answers -Not adjusting appropriately or in a healthy way to a
situation or stress
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) - Correct Answers -Another type of CBT that
focuses on evaluating and changing upsetting thoughts
Social Prescribing - Correct Answers -A holistic approach to health and mental health
supporting non-clinical community based activities to improve social connectedness
Recreation - Correct Answers -Refreshment by means of some pastime, agreeable
exercise or the like
Directed Attention - Correct Answers -A form of focused attention that requires great
effort to remain on task and process the information
, Involuntary Attention - Correct Answers -A form of effortless attention that is held when
the subject is interesting and therefore automatically holds your attention
Directed Attention Fatigue (DAF) - Correct Answers -A neuropsychological
phenomenon indicating overuse of the brain's inhibitory system necessary for
maintaining focused attention
Attention Restoration Theory - Correct Answers -You think better and restore your
attention when you spend time connecting with nature
Problem-Focused Coping - Correct Answers -A way of coping through which people
actively seek information to help to tackle a problem directly or diminish its impact
Wildlife - Correct Answers -The animals and plants growing in natural conditions
Nature Connectedness - Correct Answers -Positive relationship with nature
Culture - Correct Answers -The characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of
people
Flow State - Correct Answers -The state you get into when you are so engaged in a
creative task that your sense of time disappears and you temporarily forget yourself and
your internal chaos
Cortisol - Correct Answers -A stress hormone that can be harmful to the immune
system, with prolonged high levels linked to poor physical health
Cultural Heritage - Correct Answers -Implies a shared bond/our belonging to a
community
Prescribe Culture - Correct Answers -A well-being and mental health initiative that
involves proactively engaging with the concept of social prescribing
Social Prescribing - Correct Answers -An approach for connecting people with non-
medical resources (resources within the community) to help with the health problems
they are experiencing
Resiliency - Correct Answers -The ability to adjust or recover from a stressor, threat or
adversity
Tipping Point - Correct Answers -The point at which someone begins showing signs and
symptoms of the strain/burden of perceived stress
Stress Diathesis Model - Correct Answers -A psychological theory that attempts to
explain a disorder or behaviour as an interaction between a genetic predisposition
(vulnerability) and a risk exposure (event/stressor)
AND ANSWERS
Melancholy - Correct Answers -An older term for clinical depression
Wheel of Life - Correct Answers -To help assess how your time is spent and if there is a
balance
Compassionate Campuses - Correct Answers -Involve working hard to ensure
institutions are inclusive and kind learning communities
Connectedness - Correct Answers -A personal sense of belonging
Social Connectedness - Correct Answers -A personal sense of belonging to a group,
family or community
Loneliness - Correct Answers -An unpleasant feeling when your social needs are not
being met
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) - Correct Answers -An evidence-based therapy
that involves addressing/changing maladaptive thinking patterns and modifying
behaviour
Maladaptive - Correct Answers -Not adjusting appropriately or in a healthy way to a
situation or stress
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) - Correct Answers -Another type of CBT that
focuses on evaluating and changing upsetting thoughts
Social Prescribing - Correct Answers -A holistic approach to health and mental health
supporting non-clinical community based activities to improve social connectedness
Recreation - Correct Answers -Refreshment by means of some pastime, agreeable
exercise or the like
Directed Attention - Correct Answers -A form of focused attention that requires great
effort to remain on task and process the information
, Involuntary Attention - Correct Answers -A form of effortless attention that is held when
the subject is interesting and therefore automatically holds your attention
Directed Attention Fatigue (DAF) - Correct Answers -A neuropsychological
phenomenon indicating overuse of the brain's inhibitory system necessary for
maintaining focused attention
Attention Restoration Theory - Correct Answers -You think better and restore your
attention when you spend time connecting with nature
Problem-Focused Coping - Correct Answers -A way of coping through which people
actively seek information to help to tackle a problem directly or diminish its impact
Wildlife - Correct Answers -The animals and plants growing in natural conditions
Nature Connectedness - Correct Answers -Positive relationship with nature
Culture - Correct Answers -The characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of
people
Flow State - Correct Answers -The state you get into when you are so engaged in a
creative task that your sense of time disappears and you temporarily forget yourself and
your internal chaos
Cortisol - Correct Answers -A stress hormone that can be harmful to the immune
system, with prolonged high levels linked to poor physical health
Cultural Heritage - Correct Answers -Implies a shared bond/our belonging to a
community
Prescribe Culture - Correct Answers -A well-being and mental health initiative that
involves proactively engaging with the concept of social prescribing
Social Prescribing - Correct Answers -An approach for connecting people with non-
medical resources (resources within the community) to help with the health problems
they are experiencing
Resiliency - Correct Answers -The ability to adjust or recover from a stressor, threat or
adversity
Tipping Point - Correct Answers -The point at which someone begins showing signs and
symptoms of the strain/burden of perceived stress
Stress Diathesis Model - Correct Answers -A psychological theory that attempts to
explain a disorder or behaviour as an interaction between a genetic predisposition
(vulnerability) and a risk exposure (event/stressor)
