Chapter 10 (stress health and human flourishing

Question 1

what is our flight or fight response?

Answer 1

An emergency response; increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system that mobilizes energy and activity for attacking or escaping a threat

Question 2

List two examples of a fight or flight response

Answer 2

test muscles and a pounding heart

Question 3

what are three things that are stressors?

Answer 3

catastrophes, significant life changes, daily hassles

Question 4

stress reactions-from alarm to exhaustion-were developed by who?

Answer 4

Walter Cannon

Question 5

in the survey taken three weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attack some Americans reported experiencing heightened symptoms of what?

Answer 5

anxiety

Question 6

what are the three stages of General adaption syndrome(GAS) in order?

Answer 6

alarm resistance and exhaustion

Question 7

what is the response Of when people/ a person come together and provide others with emotional support?

Answer 7

tend and befriend response

Question 8

does stress cause cancer? If yes explain how if no explain what it does.

Answer 8

NO, Stress however we give the body to defending against cancer cells

Question 9

The tent and a bad friend response was invented by who?

Answer 9

Taylor

Question 10

what is psychoneuroimmunology

Answer 10

The study of how psychological, Neural , and endocrine processes combined to affect our immune system and health

Question 11

what are the four types of cells that Carry out the mission of killing bacteria viruses and other invaders?

Answer 11

T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, macrophage, and natural killer cells

Question 12

what is the relationship on stress and AIDS

Answer 12

reducing stress can help control aids but drug treatment is still most effective

Question 13

The clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in the USA and many other countries is known as what disease?

Answer 13

coronary heart disease

Question 14

on average how many people does it kill in the US alone; coronary heart disease?

Answer 14

600,000

Question 15

how does stress effect coronary heart disease

Answer 15

The more drama, the more information we will build up which is linked with heart problems

Question 16

Who measured levels of cholesterol in accountants when stressful situations occurred?

Answer 16

Friedman and Rosenman

Question 17

Who are type a people

Answer 17

hard driven, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger prone people

Question 18

Who are tight be people?

Answer 18

easy-going and relaxed

Question 19

Who are type D people

Answer 19

people that suppressed negative emotions to avoid social disapproval

Question 20

what is coping?

Answer 20

reducing stress using emotional cognitive or behavioral methods

Question 21

what is problem focused coping?

Answer 21

confronting the stressor or attempting to reduce stress directly by changing the stressor by the way we interact with the stressor

Question 22

what is emotion focused coping?

Answer 22

avoiding the stressor or attempting to release stress by avoiding or ignoring the stressor and attending to emotional needs related to our stress reaction

Question 23

our sense of the controlling our environment rather than feeling helpless is known as what?

Answer 23

personal control

Question 24

what is learned helplessness? And give an example

Answer 24

hopelessness when unable to avoid repeated events

dog receiving shots. He or she can’t escape so here she stops trying

Question 25

what is Tyranny of choice?

Answer 25

too many choices

Question 26

what is external locus of control

Answer 26

The mindset that outside forces control our fate

Question 27

what is infernal locus of control

Answer 27

The mindset that we ourselves control our own fate

Question 28

people who typically anticipate that their outcomes and life will be negative r who?

Answer 28

pessimist

Question 29

people that anticipate the best in life are known as who?

Answer 29

Optimists

Question 30

True or false. Optimism leads to a stronger immune system?

Answer 30

T

Question 31

compared with unmarried people, people in low conflict marriages are more likely to what?

Answer 31

Live longer, healthier lives then nonmarried people

Question 32

what contributes to separate your health problems when creating the unexpected loss of a loved one?

Answer 32

finding meaning in life and looking for the positive in every situation and open-heart therapy

Question 33

activities that increase heart and lung fitness are known as what?

Answer 33

aerobic exercise

Question 34

relaxation procedures provides relief from what four things

Answer 34

headaches, high blood pressure, anxiety, and insomnia

Question 35

attending the current experiences in a nonjudgmental and excepting way is known as what?

Answer 35

mindfulness meditation

Question 36

what are the three way that my phone this helps us make positive changes?

Answer 36

straightens connections among Regions in our brain, it activates brain regions associated with more selective awareness, it comes brain activation in emotional situations

Question 37

what is the faith factor

Answer 37

religiously active people tend to live longer

Question 38

personal strength and health most people recover from adversity is called what?

Answer 38

resilience

Question 39

if we do good we will feel good doesn't want to do more good what is this called

Answer 39

feel good to do good phenomenon

Question 40

what is subjective well-being

Answer 40

self perceived happiness

Question 41

why in the adoption level phenomenon

Answer 41

our tendency to form judgments relative to past experience

Question 42

explain relative deprivation

Answer 42

View that we are where is relative to those with whom we compare ourselves

Question 43

relative deprivation is heavily influenced by what

Answer 43

income, money

Question 44

genes culture outlook and recent experiences are factors for determining what?

Answer 44

happiness

Question 45

what are the less influential factors and our determination of happiness

Answer 45

age , gender, education level, parenthood, and physical attractiveness

Question 46

what is the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging?

Answer 46

stress