Final Exam Review: Comprehensive

Question 1

List five steps of social support and describe them 

Answer 1

1.) emotional concern: listening to peoples problems and expressing feelings of sympathy, caring understanding, and reassurance
2.) instrumental aid: the materials, sports and services that facilitate adaptive behavior.
3.) information advice in guidance.
4.) appraisal feedback from others about how one is doing.
5.) Socializing: conversation and recreation even going shopping with someone.

Question 2

What are the three stages of general adaption syndrome in order?

Answer 2

1.) the alarm reaction: is the first stage triggered by impact of stressor and characterized by sympathetic activity.
2.) the resistance stage: characterized by prolong sympathetic activity in an effort to restore, lost energy and repair damage. It is also known as the adaption stage.
3.) the exhaustion stage: characterized by week and resistance and possible deterioration.

Question 3

When does the resistance stage occur and what physical changes occur in the body?

Answer 3

The resistance stage occurs if the alarm reaction activity in the body and the stressors are not removed physical changes. Experienced include decrease in both levels of endocrine and sympathetic activity, but still higher than normal. This causes the body to feel tense and maintain a sense of heavy burden.

Question 4

What is the exhaustion stage in my physical changes occur

Answer 4

It occurs if there is a stressor that is still not dealt with in an adequate way, causing the body to feel depleted the physical changes experienced in the stage include muscle fatigue, slowed, heart rate,slowed respiration, and lowering of immune system, and ultimately death

Question 5

What is the other name for the resistance stage?

Answer 5

The adaptation stage

Question 6

What are some things associated with security hassles?

Answer 6

Job security, terrorism, investments, and retirement

Question 7

What are some examples of environmental hassles?

Answer 7

Crime, noise, weather in pollution

Question 8

Name five things examined by health psychologist and give examples of psychological factors. Psychologist can examine.

Answer 8

1.) psychological factors such as stress, behavior, patterns and attitudes can lead to or aggravate illness
2.) people can cope with stress.
3.) stress and pathogens interact to influence the immune system.
4.) people decide whether to seek healthcare.
5.) psychological interventions, such as health, education, behavior, modification can contribute to physical health.

Psychological factors include: stress, behavior, patterns, and attitudes .

Question 9

What is the function of the parasympathetic division/parasympathetic nervous system

Answer 9

The parasympathetic division of the ANS (autonomic nervous system) slightly slows down heart rate/respiration in an effort to replenish energy in the exhaustion skate stage of GAS

Question 10

What is the psychological hardiness and what three factors of those who are psychologically hearty?

Answer 10

Psychological hardiness is a cluster of traits that buffers stress that is made up of three factors commitment challenge and control.

Question 11

What is approach-approach conflict give an example

Answer 11

Approach approach conflict is the least stressful type of conflict where each of the two goals is desirable in both or within reach
In example, deciding between a trip to the science Museum or the history Museum

Question 12

Define conflict

Answer 12

Being torn between two directions by different motives, and creates stress

Question 13

What is the James-Lange theory and how emotions are viewed in this theory?

Answer 13

The James Lange theory suggests that our emotions follow rather than cause our behavior responses to events, and the emotions are simply the byproduct of automatic and psychological a behavioral responses

Question 14

What is avoidance, avoidance conflict?

Answer 14

It is the more stressful as people are motivated to avoid each of the two negative goals

Question 15

What is the difference between type A versus type B behavior patterns?

Answer 15

Type A’s are categorized, as highly driven, impatient, competitive, hostile, aggressive, prone to auto accidents, restless, feel, rushed and pressured, keep their eye on the clock, and find it difficult to release control, or share power, and I reluctant to delegate authority, increasing their own work load.

Type B are categorized as relaxed have lower blood pressure are focused on life quality goes with the flow in our generally more manageable

Question 16

What is the alarm stage and what triggers it?

Answer 16

The alarm stage is the first stage of the general adaption syndrome that is triggered by the impact of a stressor in marked by sympathetic activity that mobilizes the instinctive fight or flight response

Question 17

What division of the nervous system is associated with the alarm stage in what does a trigger?

Answer 17

Sympathetic division of the autonomic, nervous system is associated with the alarm stage, triggers, fight, or flight

Question 18

What two hormones are produced in the alarm stage of general adaption syndrome

Answer 18

Adrenaline and noradrenaline are released in the make sure triggers arousal in the form of accelerated heart in respiratory rates which trigger delivered to release glucose

Question 19

Define catastrophize

Answer 19

To interpret negative events, as being disastrous, or to blow out of proportion

Question 20

Describe predictability

Answer 20

The ability to put it is stressor apparently moderate the impact, allowing us to brace ourselves for the inevitable and in many cases plan ways to cope with it

Question 21

What are leukocytes in their role in the body as well as it’s common name

Answer 21

Leukocytes are also called white blood cells, and they specialize in identifying foreign substances often by eight sheet, such as antigens by generating specialized proteins, called antibodies