Vocab Ch 11

Question 1

Health psychology

Answer 1

A field that integrates research on health and on psychology; it involves the application of psychological principles to promote health and well-being.

Question 2

Well-being

Answer 2

A positive state that includes striving for optimal health and life satisfaction.

Question 3

Biopsychosocial model

Answer 3

A model of health that integrates the effects of biological, behavioral , and social factors on health and illness.

Question 4

Body mass index (BMI)

Answer 4

A ratio of body weight to height, used to measure obesity.

Question 5

Anorexia nervosa

Answer 5

An eating disorder characterized by excessive fear of becoming fat and therefore restricting energy intake to obtain a significantly low body weight.

Question 6

Bulimia nervosa

Answer 6

An eating disorder characterized by alternation of dieting, binge eating, and purging (self induced vomiting)

Question 7

Binge-eating disorder

Answer 7

An eating disorder characterized by binge eating that causes significant distress.

Question 8

Stress

Answer 8

A type of response that typically involves an unpleasant state, such as anxiety or tension.

Question 9

Stressor

Answer 9

Something in the environment that is perceived as threatening or demanding and therefore produces stress.

Question 10

Coping response

Answer 10

Any attempt made to avoid, escape from, or minimize a stressor

Question 11

Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis

Answer 11

A body system involved in stress responses.

Question 12

General adaption syndrome

Answer 12

A consistent pattern of responses to stress that consisted of three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.

Question 13

Flight-or-fight response

Answer 13

The physiological preparedness of animals to deal with danger by either fighting or fleeing.

Question 14

Tend-and-befriend response

Answer 14

Females tendency to protect and care for their offspring and form social alliances rather than fight or flee in response to threat.

Question 15

Oxytocin

Answer 15

A hormone that is important for mothers in bonding to newborns and may encourage affiliation during social stress.

Question 16

Immune system

Answer 16

The body’s mechanism for dealing with invading microorganisms,such as allergens,bacteria, and viruses.

Question 17

Lymphocytes

Answer 17

Specialized white blood cells that make up the immune system; the three types are B cells, T cells, and natural killer cells.

Question 18

Type A behavior pattern

Answer 18

A pattern of behavior characterized by competitiveness, achievement orientation, aggressiveness, hostility, restlessness, impatience with others, and inability to relax.

Question 19

Type B behavior pattern

Answer 19

A pattern of behavior characterized by non competitive, relaxed, easygoing, accommodating behavior.

Question 20

Primary appraisals

Answer 20

Part of the coping process that involves making decisions about whether a stimulus is stressful, benign, or irrelevant.

Question 21

Secondary appraisals

Answer 21

Part of the coping process during which people evaluate their response options and choose coping behaviors.

Question 22

Emotion-focused coping

Answer 22

A type of coping in which people try to prevent having and emotional response to a stressor

Question 23

Problem-focused coping

Answer 23

A type of coping in which people take direct steps to confront or minimize a stressor.

Question 24

Buffering hypothesis

Answer 24

The idea that other people can provide direct emotional support in helping individuals cope with stressful events.