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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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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
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Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three phases - alarm, resistance, exhaustion.
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Tend and Befriend
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Under stress, people (especially women) often provide support to others (tend) and bond with and seek support from others (befriend).
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Psycho-Physiological Illness
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Literally, "mind body" illness; any stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches.
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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: B lymphocytes form in the bone marrow and release antibodies that fight bacterial infections; T lymphocytes form in the thymus and other lymphatic tissue and attack cancer cells, viruses and foreign substances.
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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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