Apsych Ch 12

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a state of psychological tension or strain

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stress

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any effort to cope with stress

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adjustment

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a subfield of psychology concerned with the relationship between psychological factors and physical health and illness

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health psychology

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the events or circumstances that trigger stress

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stressors

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a feeling that one mut speed up, intensify, or change the direction of one's behavior or live up to a higher standard of performances

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pressure

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the feeling that occurs when a person is prevented from reaching a goal

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frustration

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simultaneous existence of incompatible demands, opprotunites, needs, or goals

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conflict

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according to Lewin, the result of simultaneous attraction to two appealing possibilities, neither or which has any negative qualities

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approach/approach conflict

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according to Lewin, the result of facing a choice between two undesirable possibilities, neither or which has any positive qualities

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avoidance/avoidance conflict

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according to Lewin, the result of being simultanously attracted to and repelled by the same goal

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approach/ avoidance conflict

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make cognitive and behavorial efforts to manage psychological stress

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cope

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acknowledging a stressful situation directly and attempting to find a solution to the problem or attain the difficult goal

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confrontation

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deciding on a more realisitic solution or goal when an ideal solution or goal is not practical

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compromise

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avoiding a situation when other forms of coping are not practical

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withdrawl

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self-deceptive techniques for reducing stress, including denial, regression, projection, identification, regression, intellectualization, reaction formation, displacement, and sublimination

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defense mechanisms

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refusal to acknowledge a painful or threatening reality

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denial

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excluding uncomfortable thoughts, feelings, and desires from consciousness

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repression

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attributing one's own repressed motives, feelings, or wishes to others

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projection

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taking on the characterisitcs of someone else to avoid feeling incompetent

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identification

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reverting to childlike behavior and defenses

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regression

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thinking abstractly about stressful problems as a way of detaching oneself from them

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intellectualization

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expression of exaggerated ideas and emotions that are the opposite of one's repressed beliefs or feelings

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reaction formation

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shifting repressed motives and emotions from an original object to a substitue object

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displacement

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redirectting repressed motives and feelings into more socially acceptable channels

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sublimination

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according to Selye, the three states the body passes through as it adapts to stress: alarm reaction, resistance, and exhaustion

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general adaption syndrome (GAS)

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a field that studies the interaction between stress on the one hand and immune, endrocrine, and nervous system activity on the other

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psychoneuroimmunology

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psychological disorder characterized by episodes of anxiety, sleeplessness, and nightmares resulting from some disturbing event in the past

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post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)