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What is health psychology?
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the study of the relationship between psychological variables and health
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What do health psychologist believe?
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our beliefs, attitudes and behaviors
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What is General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)?
Alarm Resistance Exhaustion |
Alarm: threat mobilizes body resistance to stress
Resistance: stress resistance reaches its maximum Exhaustion: organism's resources for dealing with stress are exhausted, stress resistance drops off > illness |
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What is the Lazarus Model?
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What is the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)?
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based on the idea that the greatest life changes are the most stressful predictive model and that the past year will influence next year's illness
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What is the Hassles Scale?
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measures irritating daily demands as rated by the person.
variable scale predicts illness better than SRRS |
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What are the sources of stress?
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conflict
lack of control catastrophe |