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General Psychology 3rd Ed Aced > Chapter 10- Stress, Health, and Human Flourishing > Flashcards

Chapter 10- Stress, Health, and Human Flourishing Flashcards

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Attempting to reduce stress directly- by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor

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Problem-focused coping

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The perception that chance or outside forces beyond our personal control determine our fate

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External locus of control

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Our sense of controlling our environment rather than feeling helpless

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Personal control

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According to “____” people in low-conflict marriages live longer, healthier lives than unmarried people

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Kaplan and colleagues

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The process of appraising an event as threatening or challenging

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Stress

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Term for people who suppress negative emotion to avoid social disapproval

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Type D

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These type of Lymphocytes release antibodies that fight bacterial infections

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B Lymphocytes

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The clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in the united states and many other countries

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Coronary heart disease

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This term includes feelings of happiness and sense of satisfaction with life

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Subjective well-being

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More than 60 studies found that “____” can provide relief from headaches, high blood pressure, anxiety and insomnia

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Relaxation

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The response people have when under stress by often providing support and bonding with others

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Tend-and befriend response

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If the immune system responds too strongly or underreacts, the system does not “______” “______”.

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Function properly

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Friedman and Rosenman’s term for easygoing, relaxed people

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Type B

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14
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These everyday “____” can negatively affect physical and mental well-being

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Hassles

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A method of dealing with stress by seeing the situation as beyond control and act to diminish stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor

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Emotion-focused coping

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This involves a dramatic form of loss of control and may result in negative health consequences

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Learned helplessness

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Rheumatoid arthritis and allergic reactions are examples of

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Self-attacking diseases caused by reacting too strongly

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18
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Alarm reaction and mobilization of one’s resources is included in Selye’s “______”

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Phase 1

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This body system is affected by age, nutrition, genetics, body temperature and stress

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Immune system

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Selys’s concept of the body’s adaptive response to stress in three stages- alarm, resistance, exhaustion is called “______”“______”“______”

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General adaptation syndrome (GAS)

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Does stress make people sick?

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No but it reduces the Immune system’s ability to function optimally

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The perception that we control our own fate

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Internal locus of control

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Resistance towards and coping of stressor(s) is included in Seyle’s “______”

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Phase 2

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Unpleasant, large-scale events

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Catastrophes

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A type of white blood cells that are a part of the body’s immune system

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Lymphocytes

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“______” is the anticipation of positive outcomes

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Optimism

27
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This type of training has been used to help Type A heart attack survivors reduce risk of future heart attacks

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Relaxation training

28
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Bacterial infection flare, dormant herpes virus eruption and cancer cells multiplying are examples of

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The Immune system underreacting

29
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This involves sustained activity that increases heart and lung fitness, reduces stress, depression and anxiety

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Aerobic exercise

30
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A method of dealing with stress by seeing the situation as changeable and generating solutions

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Problem-focused coping

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“______” is the anticipation of negative outcomes.

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Pessimism

32
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These type of Lymphocytes attack cancer cells, viruses and foreign substances

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T Lymphocytes

33
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According to “____” people supported by close relationships are less likely to die early

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Uchino

34
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Body’s stress resistance is most high in this phase of Seyle’s

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Phase 2

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This type of mediation involves attention to current experiences in a nonjudgmental and accepting manner that involves learning to reflect and accept

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Mindfulness meditation

36
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Reducing stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods

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Coping

37
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This type of stress can cause actual harm

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Extreme or prolonged stress

38
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Stressors appraised as “______” can lead to strong negative reactions

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Threats

39
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According to “____” healthy aging is better predicted by a good marriage than by a low cholesterol level

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Valliant

40
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Things that “push our buttons”

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Stressors

41
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According to Meyer and colleagues

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Stress predicted heart attack risk for tax accountants and that type A men are more likely to have a heart attack

42
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The hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or person learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events

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Learned helplessness

43
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Our tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood

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Feel-good, do-good phenomenon

44
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In Seyle’s “______” exhaustion sets in, one’s reserves are depleted

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Phase 3

45
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Personal events that raises risk of disease and death

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Significant life changes

46
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The study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes combine to affect our immune system and health

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Psychoneuroimmunology

47
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The process of bouncing back in the face of adversity or significant sources of stress

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Resilience

48
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Can stress give people AIDS?

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No but stress can speed the transition from HIV infection to AIDS and the decline in those with AIDS

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Those who have an “____” locus of control believe they control their own destiny

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Internal locus

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Friedman and Rosenman’s term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people

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Type A

51
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“______”“______”“______” is our tendency to form judgments relative to a neutral level defined by our past experiences

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Adaptation-level phenomenon

52
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Those who have an “____” locus of control believe that chance or outside forces control their fate

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External locus

53
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This nervous system arouses the body when alerted to a negative, uncontrollable event

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Sympathetic

54
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An emergency response, including activity of the sympathetic nervous system, that mobilizes energy and activity for attacking or escaping a threat

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Fight or flight response

55
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The perception that we are worse off relative to those with whom we compare ourselves

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Relative deprivation

56
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When a human or animal feels helpless to avoid negative situations

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Learned helplessness

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