Ap Psychology Stress And Health Vocabulary

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Behavioral Medicine

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an interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease

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Health Psychology

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a sub-field 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 (GAS)

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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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competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people

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Type B

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easygoing, relaxed people

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psycho-physiological 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

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B lymphocytes

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form in the bone marrow and release antibodies that fight bacterial infections

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T lymphocytes

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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