Topic 14: Health, Stress, and Positive (5.1 - 5.2)) Flashcards
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Health Psychology
A subfield of psychology focused on how biological, psychological, and social factors affect health and illness
Eustress
“Good stress” – like prepping for prom or playoffs
Distress
“Bad stress” – chronic pressure, academic burnout
Traumatic Stressors:
Natural disasters, violence
Daily Hassles:
Lost phone, sibling drama, bad WiFi
ACEs
(Adverse Childhood Experiences): Abuse, neglect, instability
General Adaptation Syndrome
Phase 1: Alarm
a threat is recognized
fight-or-flight response is activated
Phase 2: Resistance
with prolonged stress, our body still has an elevated physiological response, but is coping
Phase 3: Exhaustion
body’s resources become depleted
physiological response will decrease
↳ increasing our chances of illness
Problem-Focused Coping
直接解决问题
采取措施寻找可能的解决方案
评估利弊
选择应对压力的最佳方法
Stressor: upcoming exam
Problem-focused coping
With your team, describe what problem-focused coping might look like.
Emotion-Focused Coping:
Managing your emotional reaction to stressors
Especially when one appraises stressor as beyond one’s capacity to change
Goal - reduce the emotional impact
Stressor: Difficult teacher
Emotion-Focused Coping:
With your team, describe what emotion-focused coping might look like
Mind-Body Strategies
Healthy coping:
Exercise
Mindfulness/meditation
Sleep and nutrition
Positive Psychology
A branch of psychology focused on the study and promotion of positive aspects of human life, such as happiness, well-being, and flourishing
Virtue Categories
Wisdom, Courage, Humanity, Justice, Temperance, Transcendence
Positive Subjective Experiences
Internal experiences like joy, awe, hope, gratitude, and love
↳ affect our mental and behavioral functioning
Posttraumatic Growth
Positive psychological change experienced as a result of struggling with highly challenging life circumstances
Trauma or stress → growth (increased appreciation for life, stronger relationships)
在极具挑战性的生活环境中奋斗后经历的积极心理变化 创伤或压力→成长（更加珍惜生活，人际关系更加牢固）
