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health psychology
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investigates the psychological factors related to wellness and illness, including the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of medical problems
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psychoneuroimmunology
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the study of the relationship among psychological factors, the immune system, and the brain
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stress
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the reponse to events called stressors that threaten individuals and tax their coping abilities
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psychopysiological disorders
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medical problems that are influenced by an interaction of psychological, emotional, and physical difficulties
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devastating stressors
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cataclysmic events
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cataclysmic events
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strong stressors that occur suddenly and typically affect many people simultaneously; unexpected/uncontrollable
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stressors among college students
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conflicts with boyfriend/girlfriend, gossip, etc.
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general adaptation syndrome
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proposed by endocrinologist Hans Selye; how we respond to stressors
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general adaptation syndrome
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alarm and mobilization stage, resistance stage, exhaustion stage
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alarm and mobilization
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become aware of the presence of a stressor
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resistance stage
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preparation to fight stressor
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exhaustion stage
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negative consequences of the stress appear
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negative physiological effects of stress
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anger, frustration, short temper, anxiety, hopelessness, and depression
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negative cognitive effects of stress
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impaired concentration, faulty thinking and decision making, and poor memory
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post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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phenomenon in which victims of major catastrophes re-experience the originial event and the associated feelings in vivid flashbacks or dreams
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3 categories of stressors
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personal stressors, background stressors (daily hassles), and uplifts
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personal stressors
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major life events that produce an immediate major reactions that soon tapers off
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Background stressors (daily hassles)
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minor irretations of life that we all face time to time
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uplifts
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minor positive events that make one feel good
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coping
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the efforts to control, reduce, or learn to tolerate the threats that lead to stress
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negative methods of coping
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learned helplessness, defense mechanisms
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learned helplessness
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based on Seligman's research; a point at which people conclude that unpleasant or aversive stimuli cannot be controlled
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defense mechanisms
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reactions that maintain a person's sense of control and self worth by distorting or denying the actual nature of the situation
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positive methods of coping
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emotion-focused coping, problem-focused coping
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emotion-focused coping
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method of managing emotion in the face of stress by seeking to change the way they feel or perceive a problem
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problem-focused coping
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attempts to modify the stressful problem or source of the stress
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who copes best with stressors
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people who exhibit hardiness
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lower rate or stress-related illness
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commitment, challenge
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