Introduction to Health Psychology

Question 1

Health Psychology

Answer 1

Focuses on promoting healthy behaviors, preventing illnesses, and improving overall health

Question 2

Stressors

Answer 2

events or conditions that trigger stress responses

Question 3

Eustress

Answer 3

good stress, motivating

Question 4

distress

Answer 4

bad stress, debilitating

Question 5

hypertension

Answer 5

caused by stress, where your blood pressure elevates (high blood pressure)

Question 6

Tend to befriend

Answer 6

A womens response to stress where they nurture themselves and others by bonding together

Question 7

Problem-focused coping

Answer 7

seeing stress as a problem that needs to be solved and they work at it until its solved (school, work, health, relationships)

Question 8

Emotional-focused coping

Answer 8

Managing emotional reactions as a means of coping
(deep breathing, meditation, medication)

Question 9

Deep breathing

Answer 9

focuses on inhaling/exhaling to calm body down

Question 10

meditation

Answer 10

working to get a relaxation response by focusing on thoughts, attention, emotions, and breathing

Question 11

Stress

Answer 11

Can be seen as motivating or debilitating (most stressful event: chronic daily hassles)

Question 12

General adaptation

Answer 12

our stress response system defends, then fatigues

Question 13

Alarm reaction

Answer 13

Adrenaline starts pumping, your heart rate increases youre alarmed
ex:driving to school and you run out of gas

Question 14

Resistance Phase

Answer 14

Stress hormones are released, cortisol, to work on planning adaptive coping strategies

Question 15

Exhaustion stage

Answer 15

You are exhausted and resources are exhausted leading to illness

Question 16

Fight-Flight-Freeze Response

Answer 16

Phase 1 of general adaptation syndrome leads to nervous system reductionin pain and heart rate increasing