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AP Psychology: Stress and Health Flashcards

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6599909011ExercisePhysical Activity that is not know for increasing emotional arousal.0
6599910231Managing StressRestoring balance in your life, prevents stressors from taking control.1
6599911068Coping With StressManaging and coping with stress. Learning how to replace unhealthy responses to stress with healthy ones.2
6599913321ArthritisA disease that causes inflammation of joints and is cyclical, so it goes in and out.3
6599914633Psychophysiological DiseasesAny physical disorder that has a strong psychological basis or component.4
6606251028BiofeedbackUsing information about biological conditions to form involuntary responses like lower blood pressure in a voluntary way.5
6606256104StressPhysical, Social, and Cognitive Responses to things that are perceived as threatening to a person.6
6606258567StressorsThe things that cause the stress.7
6606259390DistressThe Bad Stress that causes personal harm in some form or fashion.8
6606259964EustressPositive, short-term, motivating, and inspiring stress.9
6606260956CatastropheAn unpredictable event that causes extreme stress in a person.10
6606262019SRRSMeasures stress over a one year time period. SRRS is short for Social Readjustment Rating Scale11
6606269786HasslesDaily annoyances that cause minor and irritating stress to a person.12
6606275640Stress FactorsThe main factors of stress are: Pressure, Uncontrollability, Frustration, Aggression, Conflict13
6606276911Approach-Approach ConflictConflict occurring when a person must choose between two desirable goals14
6607001887Approach-Avoidance ConflictConflict occurring when a person must choose or not choose a goal that has both positive and negative aspects15
6607003682Avoidance-Avoidance ConflictConflict occurring when a person must choose between two undesirable goals16
6607006754Double Approach-Avoidance ConflictTwo choices with both good and bad aspects.17
6607011111General Adaptation SyndromeThe phases of GAS are Alarm, Resistance, and Exhaustion18
6607014641Coronary Heart DiseaseCoronary Heart Disease is which is the build-up of plaque.19
6607018997Cognitive-Meditational TheoryThis is the theory about the importance of appraisal in emotions in a stressful situation.20

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