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35 Cards in this Set
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Stressors
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something you perceive as being stressful/ potential difficulty for you to be well
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Chronic stressors
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a source of stress that occurs continuously or repeatedly
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Stress
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the physical and psychological response to internal or external stressors
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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 maintenane of health
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General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
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a three-stage physiological response that appears regardless of the stressor that is encountered
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Alarm reaction
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the 1st stage of General Adaptation Syndrome:
stress resistance = once goes down (stressor occurs) nad goes up |
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Resistance
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the 2nd stage of General Adaptation Syndrome:
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Exhaustion stage
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the 3rd stage of General Adaptation Syndrome:
stressors goes down |
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Catecholamines
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chemical compounds derived from the amino acid tyrosinean:
can be indicator of chronic stress? |
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Fight-or-flight response
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ready to fight with the stress;
an emotional and physiological reaction to an emergency that increases readiness for action |
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Perception of controol
Explanatory style Chronic negative emotions Hostility |
Psychological factors as response to stress
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Outside resources
Friends and Family Positive relationships |
Social factors as the response to stress
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Optimism
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one of the explanatory styles:
use external, unstable, and specific explanations for negative events :predicts better health outcomes |
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Pessimism
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one of the explanatory styles:
use internal, stable, and global explanations for negative events: predicts worse health outcomes |
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Immune system
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a complex response system that protects the body from bacterica, viruses, and other foreign substanves
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Lymphocytes
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white blood cells that produce antibodies that fight infection
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Type A behavior pattern
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time urgency, intense ambition and competitiveness, general hostility, associated with heart disease
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Type B behavior pattern
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more easygoing, not associated with heart disease
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Burnout
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燃え尽き症候群
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Repressive coping
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avoidance
:avoiding situations or thoughts that are reminder of a stressor and maintaining an artificially positive viewpoint *only short time |
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Rational coping
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confront
:facing a stressor and working to overcome it |
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Reframing
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rethink, stress inoculations training/positive thinking
:finding a new or creative way to think about a stressor that reduces its threat |
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Stress inoculation training (SIT)
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a therapy that helps people to cope with stressful situations by developing positive ways to think about the situation
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Relaxation therapy
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a technique for reducin tension by consciously relaxing muscles of the body
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Relaxation repsonse
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a condition of reduced muscle tension, cortical activity etc.
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Biofeedback
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the use of an external monitoring device to obtain information about a bodily function and possible gain control over that function
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Aerobic exercise
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excercise does promote stress relief and happiness
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Social support
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"getting by with a little help from my friends"
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Psychosomatic illness
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an interaction between mind and body that can produce illness
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Placebo effect
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a clinically significant psychological or physiological response to a therapeutically inert substance or procedure
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Somatoform disorders
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physical symptoms are not explained by medical condition
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Hypochondriasis
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心気症
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Somantization disorder
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multiple complaints without medical explanation
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Conversion disorder
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変換障害
voluntary symptoms/involuntary symptoms |
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Self-regulation
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自己制御
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