Ch. 15 Psych

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Stressors

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Specific events or chronic pressures that place demands on a person or threaten the person`s well-being.

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Stress

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The physical and psychological response to internal and external stressors.

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Health Psychology

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The subfield of psychology concerned with ways psychological factors influence the causes and treatments of physical illness and the maintenance of health.

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Chronic Stressor

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A source of stress that occurs continuously or repeatedly.

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Fight-or-flight Response

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An emotional and physiological reaction to an emergency that increases readiness for action.

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General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)

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A three-stage physiological response that appears regardless of the stressor that is encountered.

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Immune System

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A complex response system that protects the body from bacteria, viruses, and other foreign substances.

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Lymphocytes

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White blood cells that produce antibodies that fight infection.

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Type A Behaviour Pattern

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The tendency toward easily aroused hostility, impatience, a sense of time urgency, and competitive achievement strivings.

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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

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A psychological characterized by chronic physiological arousal, recurrent unwanted thoughts or images of the trauma, and avoidance of things that call the trauma to mind.

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Burnout

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A state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion created by long-term involvement in an emotionally demanding situation and accompanied by lowered performance and motivation.

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Repressive Coping

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Avoiding situations or thoughts that are reminders of a stressor and maintaining an artifically positive viewpoint.

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Rational Coping

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Facing a stressor and working to overcome it.

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Reframing

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Finding a new or creative way to think about a stressor that reduces its threat.

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Stress Inoculation Training (SIT)

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A therapy that helps people to cope with stressful situations by developing positive ways to think about the situation.

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Relaxation Therapy

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A technique for reducing tension by consciously relaxing muscles of the body.

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Relaxation Response

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A condition of reduced muscle tension, cortical activity, heart rate, breathing rate, and blood pressure.

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Biofeedback

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The use of an external monitoring device to obtain information about a bodily function and possibly gain control over that function.

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Social Support

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The aid gained through interacting with others.

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Placebo Effect

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A clinically significant psychological or phsyiological response to a therapeutically inert substance or procedure.

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Psychosomatic Illness

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An interaction between mind and body that can produce illness.

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Somatoform Diseases

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The set of psychological disorders in which the person displays physical symptoms not fully explained by a general medical condition.

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Hypchondriasis

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A psychological disorder in which a person is preoccupied with minor symptoms and develops an exaggerated belief that the symptoms signify a life-threatening illness.

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Somatization Disorder

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A psychological disorder involving combinations of multiple physical complaints with no medical explanation.

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Conversion Disorder

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A disorder characterized by apparently dehabilitating physical symptoms that appear to be voluntary- but that the person experiences as involuntary.

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Self-Regulation

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The exercise of voluntary control over the self to bring the self into line with preferred standards.

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Primary Appraisal

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The interpretation of a stimulus as stressful or not.

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Secondary Appraisal

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Determining whether the stressor is something that you can handle or not.

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Threat

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A stressor that you believe you might not be able to overcome.

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Challenge

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A stressor you feel fairly confident that you can control.

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Acceptance (part of rational coping)

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The first step where you come to realize that the stressor exists and cannot be wished away.

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Exposure (part of rational coping)

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The second step where you attend to the stressor, think about it, and even seek it out.

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Understanding (part of rational coping)

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The third and final step where you work to find the meaning of the stressor in your life.