Psychology Stress And Health

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Voodoo Death

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Death because of strong emotional shock

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Stress

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The physical and psychological response to internal or external stressors

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Stressors

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Specific events or chronic pressures that place demands on a person or threaten the person's well being

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Chronic stressors

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A source of stress that occurs continuously or repeatedly

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Health psychology

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The subfield of psychology concerned with ways psychological factors influence the causes and treatment of physical illness and the maintenance of health

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Flight or fight response

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An emotional and psychological reaction to an emergency that increases readiness for action

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Immune system

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A complex response system that protects the body from bacteria, viruses, and other foreign substances

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Lymphocytes

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White blood cells that produce antibodies that fight infection

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Psychoneuroimmunology

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Study of how the immune system responds to psychological variables like stressors

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Type A behavior pattern

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The tendency toward easily aroused hostility, impatience, a sense of time urgency, and competitive achievement strivings

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Primary appraisal

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The interpretation of a stimulus as stressful or not

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Secondary appraisal

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Evaluation of controllability of stressor and on'e coping resources

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Posttraumatic stress disorder

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Chronic physiological arousal, recurrent unwanted thoughts or images of trauma, avoidance of things that call event to mind

Reduced hippocampal volume increases susceptibility

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Burnout

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Physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion

Long-term involvement in an emotionally demanding situation

Accompanied by lower performance and motivation

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Repressive coping

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Avoiding situations or thoughts that are reminders of a stressor and maintaining an artificially positive viewpoint

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Rational coping

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Facing a stressor and working to overcome it

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Reframing

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Finding a new or creative way to think about a stressor that reduces its threat

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Relaxation therapy

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A technique for reducing tension by consciously relaxing muscles of the body

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Relaxation response

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A condition of reduced muscle tension, cortical activity, heart rate, breathing rate, and blood pressure

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Biofeedback

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The use of an external monitoring device to obtain information about a bodily function and possibly gain control over that function

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Situation management

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Changing your life situation as a way of reducing the impact of stress on your mind and body

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Social Support

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Aid gained through interacting with others

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Sick role

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A socially recognized set of rights and obligations linked with illness

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Malingering

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Feigning medical or psychological symptoms to achieve something they want

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Psychosomatic illness

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An interaction between mind and body that can produce illness

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Somatoform disorders

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The set of psychological disorders in which the person displays physical symptoms not fully explained by a general medical condition

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Hypochondriasis

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A psychological disorder in which a person is preoccupied with minor symptoms and develops an exaggerated belief that the symptoms signify a life-threatening illness

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Self regulation

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The exercise of voluntary control over the self to bring the self into line with preferred standards