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15 Cards in this Set
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Stress |
a person's response to events that are threatening or challenging |
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Cataclysmic events |
strong stressors that occur suddenly and typically affect many people at once Ex: natural distasters |
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Personal stressors |
major life events, such as the death of a family member, that have immediate negative consequences that generally fade with time |
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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) |
a phenomenon in which victims of major catastrophes or strong personal stressors feel long-lasting effects that may include re-exeriencing the event in vivid flashbacks or dreams |
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Background stressors ("daily hassles") |
everyday annoyances, such as being stuck in traffic, that cause minor irritations and may have long-term ill effects if they continue or are compounded by other stressful events |
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Psychophysiological disorders |
medical problems influenced by an interaction of psychological, emotional, and physical difficulties |
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General adaptation syndrome (GAS) |
a theory developed by Selye that suggests that a person's response to a stressor consists of three stages: alarm and mobilization, resistance, and exhaustion |
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Coping |
the efforts to control, reduce, or learn to tolerate the threats that lead to stress |
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Learned helplessness |
a state in which people conclude that unpleasant or aversive stimuli cannot be controlled-a view of the world that becomes so ingrained that they cease trying to remedy the aversive circumstances even if they actually can exert some influence on the situation |
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Hardiness |
a personality train characterized by a sense of commitment, the perception of problems as hallenges, and a sense of control |
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Resilience |
the ability to withstand, overcome, and actually thrive after profound adversity |
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Social support |
a mutual network of caring, interested others |
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Type A behavior pattern |
a cluster of behaviors involving hostility, competitiveness, time urgency, and feeling driven |
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Type B behavior pattern |
a cluster of behaviors characterized by a patient, cooperative, noncompetitive, and nonaggressive manner |
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Subjective well-being |
people's sense of their happiness and statisfaction with their lives |
