Chapter 1

1. What is the World Health Organizations definition of health?
2. What does the term “wellness” add to how we think of health?
3. Describe John Travis’ iceberg model of wellness.
4. How is spiritual health defined?
5. What did the Georgetown review of literature on spiritual health find?
6. How does social isolation impact health parameters?
7. What is the practical upper limit for life expectancy for men and women?
8. Why doesn’t U.S. health rank higher in comparison with other developed countries?
9. What are the goals of Healthy People 2010?
10. What do college-age students die from?
11. What health behaviors were associated with higher and lower GPAs in college?
12. Look at the Pulse Points section – 10 Simple Changes to Improve Your Health
13. Distinguish between Predisposing, Enabling and Reinforcing Factors that can influence behavior.
14. Define – social norms, self-efficacy and locus of control

Chapter 3 (pp. 68-79)

1.  What are the five components of “Emotional Intelligence”?
2. What are guidelines for tapping into “Spiritual Intelligence”?
3. Describe Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
4. What is the most effective strategy for banishing bad feelings?
5. Distinguish between “feel-good” happiness and “value-based” happiness.
6. What is altruism?
7. How are autonomy and assertiveness related?
8. What are the characteristics of mentally healthy people?  See Figure 3-2.
9. You may wish to take the Self-Survey on page 79