Ap Psych-Ch14-Myers

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Behavioral Medicine

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an interdisciplinary field that intergarates behaviroral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease.

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Health Pyschology

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a subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine.

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Stress

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the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging.

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General Adaptation Syndrome

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Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three stages-alarm, resistance, exhaustion.

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Coronary heart disease

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the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle;the leading cause of death in many developed countries

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Type A

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Friedman and Rosenman's term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people.

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Type B

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Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people.

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Psychophysiological illness

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Literally, "mind-body" illness;any stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches.

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Lymphocytes

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the two types of white blood cells that are part of the body's immune system:B lymphocytes form in the bone marrow and release antibodies that fight bacterial infections; T lymphocytes form in the thymus and, among other duties, attack cancer cells, viruses and foreign substances.

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Aerobic Exercise

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Sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness;may also alleviate depression and anxiety.

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Biofeedback

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a system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back information regarding a subtle physiological state, such as blood pressure or muscle tension.

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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unproven health care treatments not taught widely in medical schools, not used in hospitals, and not usually reimbursed by insurance companies.