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26 Cards in this Set
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A disorder in which the immune system is gradually weakened and eventually disabled by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
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Any behavior that is intended to hurt someone, either physically or verbally.
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Aggression
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A conflict situation in which a choice must be made between two attractive goals.
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Approach-approach conflict
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A conflict situation in which a choice must be made about whether to pursue a single goal that has both attractive and unattractive aspects.
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Approach-avoidance conflict
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A conflict situation in which a choice must be made between two unattractive goals.
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Avoidance-avoidance conflict
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A model of illness that holds that physical illness is caused by a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and socio-cultural factors.
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Biopsychosocial model
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Unrealistically pessimistic appraisals of stress that exaggerate the magnitude of one’s problems.
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Catastrophic thinking
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The release of emotional tension.
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Catharsis
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A state that occurs when two or more incompatible motivations or behavioral impulses compete for expression.
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Conflict
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Relatively healthful efforts that people make to deal with stressful events.
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Constructive coping
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Active efforts to master, reduce, or tolerate the demands created by stress.
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Coping
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Largely unconscious reactions that protect a person from unpleasant emotions such as anxiety and guilt.
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Defense mechanisms
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The feeling that people experience in any situation in which their pursuit of some goal is thwarted.
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Frustration
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Selye’s model of the body’s stress response, consisting of three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.
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General adaptation syndrome
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The subfield of psychology concerned with how psychosocial factors relate to the promotion and maintenance of health and with the causation, prevention, and treatment of illness.
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Health psychology
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The body’s defensive reaction to invasion by bacteria, viral agents, or other foreign substances.
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Immune response
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Spending an inordinate amount of time on the Internet and being unable to control online use.
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Internet addiction
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Passive behavior produced by exposure to unavoidable aversive events.
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Learned helplessness
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Any noticeable alterations in one’s living circumstances that require readjustment.
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Life changes
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The formation of new neurons.
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Neurogenesis
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A general tendency to expect good outcomes.
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Optimism
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Expectations or demands that one behave in a certain way.
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Pressure
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Various types of aid and succor provided by members of one’s social networks.
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Social support
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Any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to threaten one’s well-being and that thereby tax one’s coping abilities.
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Stress
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Personality characterized by (1) a strong competitive orientation, (2) impatience and time urgency, and (3) anger and hostility.
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Type A personality
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Personality characterized by relatively relaxed, patient, easygoing, amicable behavior.
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Type B personality
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