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13 Cards in this Set
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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 stages - Alarm, Resistance, Exhaustion.
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Health Psychology
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A subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine.
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Behavioral Medicine
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An interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease.
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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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Friedman and Rosenman's term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people.
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Type B
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Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people.
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Psychophysiological illness
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Literally, "mind-body" illness; Any stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headache.
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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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B Lymphocytes
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Form in the bone marrow and release antibodies that fight bacterial infections.
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T Lymphocytes
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Form in the thymus and attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances.
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Aerobic Exercise
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Sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness.
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Biofeedback
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A system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back information regarding a subtle physiological state, such as blood pressure or muscle tension.
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