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14 Cards in this Set
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What led to the development of the biopsychosocial model?
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It's a result of the changing patterns of illness. The principal threats to health used to be contagious diseases and now they are chronic diseases.
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What are the 4 major types of stress?
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frustration, conflict, change, and pressure.
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What kinds of reactions to stress to people exhibit?
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emotional, physiological, and behavioral responses.
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What are emotional responses to stress?
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-annoyance, anger, rage
-apprehension, anxiety, fear -dejection, sadness, and grief |
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What are physiological responses?
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The physical effects that stress creates.
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What are behavioral responses caused by stress?
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Coping, striking out at others, indulging oneself, defensive coping, constructive coping.
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What levels of emotional arousal seem to be optimal for performing well on tasks?
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A relatively low level of arousal
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How does the inverted-U hypothesis help us understand how emotional arousal may impact coping?
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It predicts that task performance should improve with increased emotional arousal--up to a point, after which further increases in arousal become disruptive and performance deteriorates.
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What is alarm reaction in the general adaptation syndrome?
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It occurs when an organism first recognizes the exsistance of a threat--fight or flight response.
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What is the stage of resistance in the general adaptation syndrome?
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Physiological changes stabilize as coping efforts get under way. Organism becomes accustomed to the threat.
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What is the stage of exhaustion in the general adaptation syndrome?
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The body's resources for fighting stress may be depleated, and physiological arousal will decrease.
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Is type A or type B personality more likely to be associated with negative health consequences? Why?
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Type A
-they exhibit greater physiological reactivity-ups and downs in heart rate and blood pressure. -they create more stress for themselves than others do. -they ted to have less social support than others. -they exhibit health habits that may contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease. |
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What kinds of human behaviors contribute to health problems?
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Poor nutritional habits, lack of exersize, and behavior and AIDS.
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What kinds of strategies could a person use to cope with stress?
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use humor, release pent-up emotions, learn to relax, and exersize.
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