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A subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine |
Health Psychology
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Friedman and Rosenmans term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people |
Type A |
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Friedman and Rosenmans term for easygoing, relaxed people |
Type B |
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The idea that "releasing" agressive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges |
catharsis |
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alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods |
coping |
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attempting to alleviate stress directly-by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor |
Problem-focused coping |
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atempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one's stress reaction |
emotion-focused coping |
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the perception that chance or outside forces beyond our personal control determine our fate |
external focus of control |
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the perception that you control your own fate |
internal locus of control |
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the ability to control impules and delay short term gratification for greater long-term rewards |
self-control |