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51 Cards in this Set
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Stress |
The tension, discomfort, or physical symptoms that arise when a situation, strains our ability to cope effectively.
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Stressor |
The situation or event inducing stress
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Stressors As Stimuli |
Identifying different types of stressful events. Stress is caused by stressful events. Disastors, Trauma, Evolving life demands.
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Stress as a transaction
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Situations demand a certain amount of your resources. If the situation is too large, or too many of them you break down.
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Primary Appraisal
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Initial decision regarding whether an event is harmful
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Secondary Appraisal
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Perceptions regarding our ability to cope with an event that follows primary apraisal
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Problem-Focused Coping
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Coping strategy by which we problem solve and tackle life's challenges head on.
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Emotion-Focused Coping
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Coping strategy that features a positive outlook on feelings or situations accompanied by behaviours that reduce painful emotions.
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Stress as a Response
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An examination of people's psychological and physical reactions to stressors.
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Corticosteroid
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Stress hormone that activates the body and prepares us to respond to stressful circumstances.
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Hassles
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Minor annoyance or nuisance that strains our ability to cope.
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Hassles Scale
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A way to measure stressful events.
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General Adaptation Syndrome
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Stress response pattern proposed by Hans Selye that consists of three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.
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Alarm Reaction
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Excitation of the Autonomic Nervous System, Release of adrenaline, and physical symptoms of anxiety. Anxiety resides in the Limbic system, Amygdala, hypothatlamus, and hippocampus. Fight or Flight
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Resistance
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Adapts to stressor, and copes with it.
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Fight-or-flight response
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Physical and psychological reaction that mobilizes people and animals to either defend themselves or escape a threatening situation.
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Tend and Befriend
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Reaction that mobilizes people to nurture(tend) or seek social support(Befriend) under stress.
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Exhaustion
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Negative downturn in our ability to handle stress as a result of prolonged stress. Can damage organ systems
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Follows stressful events, Involves flashbacks, vivid memories, avoiding reminders of trauma. Increased arousal, detachment from others.
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Anxiety
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The longer we are exposed to stress, the higher the chance that the anxiety changes into depression. Caused by stress
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Brain-Body relationship
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Body responds based off how brain deals with situation. How you think about things really matters.
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Immune System
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Our body's defense system against invading bacteria, viruses, and other potentially illness-producing organisms and substances.
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acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
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A life-threatening, incurable, yet treatable condition in which the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attacks and damages the immune system
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Psychoneuroimmunology
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Study of the relationship between the immune system and central nervous system. Prolonged stress increases chance of catching cold.
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Biopsychosocial Model
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Emotions contribute to, maintain, or aggravate illness. The view that an illness or medical condition is the product of the interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors.
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Psychophysiological
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Illnesses such as asthmas and ulcers in which emotions and stress contribute to, maintain, or aggravate the physical condition.
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Peptic Ulcer
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Inflamed area in the gastrointestinal tract that can cause pain, nausea, and a loss of appetite.
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Coronary heart disease (CHD)
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Damage to the heart from the complete or partial blockage of the arteries that provide oxygen to the heart.
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Social Support
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Relationships with people and groups that can provide us with emotional comfort and personal and financial resources.
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Behavioural Control
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problem vs avoidance coping. Face the problem, or avoid it
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Cognitive Control
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Emotion focused coping, Take control of own thoughts, dont let negativity get to you.
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Decisional Control
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Power to make own decesions, Deciding whether to take responsibility or not.
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Informational Control
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You choose how to get information, confidence is found when well informed.
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Emotional Control
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Ability to suppress and express emotions.
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Catharsis
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Expressing what we feel
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Proactive Coping
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Anticipation of problems and stressful situations that promotes effective coping.
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Optimism
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Tend to be more prductive, focused, persistent, and better at handling frustration.
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Spirituality
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Lower mortality rates, improved immune system, lower blood pressure and recover from illness more readily.
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Hardiness
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Set of attitudes marked by a sense of control over events, commitment to life and work, and courage and motivation to confront stressful circumstances.
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Rumination
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The Degree to which we focus on how bad situations are, and analyze the cause and consequences of situations
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Health Psychology
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Field of psychology, also called behavioral medicine, that integrates the behavioral sciences with the practice of medicine.
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Smoking
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Most preventable risk of fatal disease
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Alcohol
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Motor Accidents, increase risk of cancer, liver problems, neurological problems.
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Exercise
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has a role in relieving depression and anxiety.
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Aerobic exercize
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Exercise that promotes the use of oxygen in the body.
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Alternative Medicine
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Health care practices and products used in place of conventional medicine
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Complimentary Medicine
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Health care practices and products used together with conventional medicine.
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Biofeedback
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Feedback by a device that provides almost an immediate output of a biological function, such as heart rate or skin temperature.
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Meditation
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A variety of practices that train attention and awareness.
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Acupuncture
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Ancient Chinese practice of inserting thin needles into more than 2000 points in the body to alter energy forces believed to run through the body
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Homeopathic Medicine
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Remedies that feature a small dose of an illness-inducing substance to activate the body's own natural defenses. |