1. Promoting Wellness

2. Do Now
Do you think physical or mental wellness is more important? Explain your answer.

3. Learning Goals
Objectives
Essential Question
Discuss research findings related to wellness and exercise, social ties, and longevity.
Explain the relationship between wellness and flow experiences, happiness, and optimistic explanatory styles.
Discuss the negative effects of smoking and obesity on wellness.
Describe how set point and metabolic rate interact to make it difficult to lose weight and maintain weight loss.
What would our cultural leaders have to do to make psychological immunizations more important to the public?

4. Wellness
Wellness:
Common result of a healthy lifestyle and healthy attitudes.
Martin Seligman:
Psychologist and proponent of positive psychology
Positive Psychology:
Subfield of psychology that focuses on the study of optimal human functioning and the factors that allow individuals and communities to thrive.
Flow:
State of optimal experience that involves a challenge, requires skill, has clear goals, and provides feedback.

5. Wellness outside Yourself
Exercise
30 minutes a day reduces likelihood of depression
Family
Non-divorced affected children live 4 years longer (avg.)
Friends:
Less likely to die prematurely
Religious Faith
Less immune system suppression, stress hormones, and suicide

6. Mood & Weight Explanatory Style
Habits we have for thinking about the good or bad causes of events.
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Your weight in kilograms divided by your squared height in meters. BMI under 25 considered healthy.
Set Point
Individual’s “weight thermostat”—when the body falls below this weight, an increase in hunger and a lowered metabolic rate may act to restore the lost weight.

7. Exit Slip
What type of activities can you do to effect your wellness in a positive way? Explain