Test 4

Question 1

stress

Answer 1

(response) to percieved threat

Question 2

stressors

Answer 2

(cause) from stimuli

Question 3

social readjustment scale

Answer 3

says life changing events are potentially stressors

Question 4

acculturative stress

Answer 4

associated with adjusting to a new way of life

Question 5

assimilation

Answer 5

adopting newe culture

Question 6

separation

Answer 6

alienate from new culture

Question 7

integration

Answer 7

combining old and new culture

Question 8

physiological response to stress

Answer 8

prepare us for an emergency by efficiently managing the body’s resources

Question 9

fight or flight

Answer 9

increased levels of heart rates, blood pressure, blood flow to muscles (sympathetic nervous system)

Question 10

parasympathetic

Answer 10

reverses fight or flight effects

Question 11

selye’s general adaptation syndrome

Answer 11

alarm->resistance till body crash ->exhaustion (get sick easily)

Question 12

cortisol

Answer 12

steroid hormone produced in the adrenal gland responding to stress and low blood presure

Question 13

negative effects of cortisol

Answer 13

health problems, conflicts at hoome, memory decrease, heightened vigilance for danger

Question 14

atheroscleroisis

Answer 14

a gradual narrowing of the coronary artery

Question 15

aproach and avoidance

Answer 15

AP/AP conflict- type two or more options that are attractive
AP/AV-something with favorable and unfavorable qualities
AV/AV- 2 or more options that are unattractive
Double AP/AV-choosing between 2 choices both attractive and unattractive

Question 16

personality types

Answer 16

Type a- competative, aggressive, impatient

type b- relaxed, patient, nonagressive

Question 17

hardiness

Answer 17

an ability to remain resilient and optimistic despite intensely stressful situations

Question 18

Three C’s of hardiness

Answer 18

commitment, control, challenge

Question 19

abnormal psych

Answer 19

field devoted to psych disorders

Question 20

biopsychosocial perspective

Answer 20

how those three can contribute to a specific disorder

Question 21

anxiety disorder

Answer 21

extreme or debilitating irrational fear

Question 22

panic disorder

Answer 22

sudden fear that escalates quickly without an exact cause

Question 23

learning principles

Answer 23

develop phobias by parents

Question 24

depressive disorder

Answer 24

depressed, drained of energy, learned helplessness

Question 25

bipolar disorder

Answer 25

states of continuous elation that are out of preportion to the setting (manic)

Question 26

schizophrenia

Answer 26

loss of contact with reality, hallucinations Positive symptoms- distortions in normal behaviors (hallucinations) Neg-absense of normal behavior (no emotions)

Question 27

dissociative fugue

Answer 27

wandering confused and in an unexpected manner