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the process by which we percieve and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging
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Stress
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Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three phases--alarm, resistance, exhaustion
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General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
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the clogging of vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in North America
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Coronary Heart Disease
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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 A
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Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people
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Type B
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Literally, " mind-body" illness; any stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches
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Psychophysiological Illness
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The two types of white blood cells that are part of the body's immune system: B _______ form in the bone marrow and release antibodies that fight bacterial infections; T ________ form in the thymus and other lymphthatic tissue and attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances
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Lymphocytes
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Alleviating stress useing emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods
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Coping
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attempting to alleviate stress directly -- by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor
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Problem-Focused Coping
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attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one's stress reaction
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Emotional-Focused Coping
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sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; may also reduce stress, depression, and anxiety
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Aerobic Exercise
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as yet unproven health care treatments intended to supplement (complement) or serve as alternatives to conventional medicine, and which typically are not widely taught in medical schools, used in hospitals, or reimbursed by insurance companies. When research shows a therapy to be safe and effective, it usually then becomes part of accepted medical practice
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
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