Module 35-39 Flashcards
(31 cards)
Subjective well-being
Self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life
Subjective well-being
The two types of white blood cells that are part of the body’s immune system.
Lymphocytes
Emotional release
Catharsis
The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging
Stress
Sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; may also alleviate depression and anxiety.
Aerobic exercise
Friedman and Rosenman’s term for easygoing, relaxed people.
Type B
A machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological response such as perspiration and cardiovascular and breathing changes accompanying emotion
Polygraph
Selye’s concept of the body’s adaptive response to stress in three phases– alarm, resistance, exhaustion
General Adaption syndrome (GAS)
as yet unproven health
care treatments intended to supplement (complement) or serve as alterna-
tives to conventional medicine, and which typically are not widely taught
in medical schools, used in hospitals, or reimbursed by insurance com-
panies. When research shows a therapy to be safe and effective, it usually
then becomes part of accepted medical practice.
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
the clogging of the vessels that nourish the
heart muscle; the leading cause of death in many developed coun-
tries.
Coronary heart disease
alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral
methods.
Coping
Friedman and Rosenman’s term for competition, hard driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, anger-prone people
Type A
The perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compared oneself
Relative deprivations
Under stress, people especially women often provide support to others and bond with and seek support from others.
Tend and befriend
List 4 how stress and health are affected
Appraisal of stressors
Severity of stressors
Perceived control
Emotion or problem focus
Health Psychology studies these impacts, as part of the broader filed of….?
Behavioral medicine
What can have an impact on our overall health?
Emotions, as well as personality, attitudes, behaviors, and responses to stress, can have an impact one our overall health
“We feel afraid because we tremble, sorry because we cry”
Example of James-Lange Theory
Theory that states that emotion is our conscious awareness of our physiological response to stimuli
James-Lange Theory
A woman is hiking in the first when she stumbles upon a bear. All at once, she starts sweating, trembling, and feeling extremely afraid
Example of Cannon-Bard Theory
I face a stranger, and my heart is pounding. Is it fear? Excitement? Anger? Lust? Or did I have too much caffeine
What is this an example of
Two factor theory
A mood boosting experience has made people more likely to give money, pick up someone’s dropped paper, volunteer time, and do others good deeds.
What is this an example of?
Feel-good, do-good theory
The points at which sounds seem neither loud nor soft, temperatures neither hot nor cold, events. Neither pleasant nor unpleasant
What is this an example of?
Adaptation level phenomenon theory
What are the signs that a person is lying?
Eye blinks decrease, and other facial movements change
