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15 Cards in this Set
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What is health psychology? What two things does it focus on?
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the field of psychology that studies the relationships between psychological factors and the prevention and treatment of physical illness.
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What is stress? What is eustress?
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the demand that is made on an organism to adapt. stress that is healthful.
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What are the two major sources of stress? How do they differ?
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daily hassles and life changes. Many life changes are positive and desirable while hassles, by definition, are negative. Hassles also occur regularly, while life changes occur at irregular intervals.
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What is a life-change unit? What is the most stressful life change?
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a list of stressful life events that can contribute to illness. the death of a spouse, lover, child, parent, or sibling.
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What does it mean to be a Type A?
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characterized by a sense of time urgency, competitiveness, and hostility.
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What is the A-B-C approach? Whose approach is this?
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created by Albert Ellis that is used to illustrate the relationship between situations and events you experience, your thoughts, and your emotional experiences.
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What does it mean to catastrophize?
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to interpret negative events as being disastrous; to “blow out of proportion.”
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Can you identify each of the four types of conflicts if given a scenario?
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- Approach-approach conflict: a type of conflict in which the goals that produce opposing motives are positive and within reach
- Avoidance-avoidance conflict: a type of conflict in which the goals are negative, but avoidance of one requires approaching others - Approach-avoidance conflict: a type of conflict in which the same goal produces approach and avoidance motives - Multiple approach- avoidance conflict: a type of conflict in which each of a number of goals produces approach and avoidance motives |
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Which type of conflict is least stressful?
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The approach-approach conflict
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What five factors moderate stress?
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self-efficacy expectations, psychological hardiness, humor, predictability and control, and social support
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What is the order of physiological response during fight-or-flight?
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The hypothalamus secretes corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) CRH causes the pituitary gland to secrete adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) ACTH causes the adrenal cortex to secrete corticosteroids and the adrenal medulla releases a mixture of adrenaline and noradrenaline.
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What are the three steps of the General Adaptation Syndrome? What happens in each?
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- The Alarm Reaction: the first stage of the GAS, which is triggered by the impact of a stressor and characterized by sympathetic activity
- The Resistance Stage: the second stage of the GAS, characterized by prolonged sympathetic activity in an effort to restore lost energy and repair damage; also called the adaptation stage - The Exhaustion Stage: the third stage of the GAS, characterized by weakened resistance and possible deterioration |
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What is psychoneuroimmunology?
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the field that studies the relationships between psychological factors (e.g. attitudes and over behavior patterns) and the functioning of the immune system
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Pathogen
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a microscopic organism (e.g., bacterium or virus) that can cause disease
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Uplifts
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notable pleasant daily conditions and experiences
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