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13 Cards in this Set
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Stresss
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The process by which we perceive and respond to stressors, which we appraise as threatening or challenging.
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General Adaptation Syndrome
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The concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three stages: alarm, resistance, exhaustion.
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Coronary Heart Disease
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The clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle.
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Type A Personality
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Competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people.
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Tpye B Personality
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Easygoing, relaxed people.
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Psychophysiological Illness
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Any stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension. Literally "mind-body" illness.
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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 fight bacteria; T lymphocytes fight cancer and viruses. |
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Coping
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Alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods.
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Problem-Focused Coping
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Alleviating stress directly-changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor.
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Emotion-Focused Coping
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Alleviating stress by avoiding or ignoring stressor and attending to emotional needs realted to stress reaction.
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Aerobic Exercise
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Sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; may also alleviate depression and anxiety.
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Biofeedback
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A system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back information regarding a sublte physiological state (ex. blood pressure/muscle tension)
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Stress Response System(SRS)
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Prepares the body for "flight or fight" in stressful situations through release of hormones from two parts of the adrenal glands.
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