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stress
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the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging
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General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
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Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three states - alarm, resistance, exhaustion
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Coronary heart disease
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the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in many developed countries
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Type A
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Competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people
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Type B
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Easygoing relaxed people
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Psychosomatic illness
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mind-body illness; stress related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches
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Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)
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the study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health
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Lymphocytes
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the two types of white blood cells that are part of the body's immune system
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