Psychology Ch. 13 Stress, Coping, & Health Flashcards
Stress, Coping, & Health
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| 1122934673 | Biopsychosocial Model | Physical illness is caused by a complex of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors | |
| 1122934674 | Health Psychology | Concerned with how psychosocial factors relate to the promotion and maintenance of health and with the causation, prevention, and treatment of illness | |
| 1122934675 | Stress | Any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to threaten one's well-being and that thereby tax one's coping abilities | |
| 1122934676 | Frustration | Occurs in any situation in which the pursuit of some goal is thwarted | |
| 1122934677 | Conflict | When two or more incompatible motivations or behavioral impulses compete for expression | |
| 1122934678 | Approach-Approach Conflict | A choice must be made between two attractive goals | |
| 1122934679 | Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict | A choice must be made between two unattractive goals | |
| 1122934680 | Approach-Avoidance Conflict | A choice must be made about whether to pursue a single goal that has both attractive and unattractive aspects | |
| 1122934681 | Life Changes | Any noticeable alterations in one's living circumstances that require readjustment | |
| 1122934682 | Pressure | Expectations or demands that one behave in a certain way | |
| 1122934683 | Fight-or-Fight Response | A psychological reaction to threat in which the autonomic nervous system mobilizes the organism for attacking (fight) or fleeing (flight) an enemy | |
| 1122934684 | General Adaption Syndrome | A model of the bodies stress response, consisting of three stages: alarm, resistance, & exhaustion | |
| 1122934685 | Coping | Active efforts to master, reduce, or tolerate, the demands created by stress | |
| 1122934686 | Aggresion | Any behavior that is intended to hurt someone, either physically or verbally | |
| 1122934687 | Catharsis | Release of emotional tension | |
| 1122934688 | Internet Addiction | Spending an inordinate amount of time on the internet and inability to control online use | |
| 1122934689 | Defense Mechanisms | Largely unconscious reactions that protect people from unpleasant emotions such as anxiety and guilt | |
| 1122934690 | Constructive Coping | Relatively healthful efforts that people make to deal with stressful events | |
| 1122934691 | Burnout | Physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion that is attributed to long-term involvement in emotionally demanding situations | |
| 1122934692 | PTSD | Enduring psychological disturbance attributed to the experience of a major traumatic event | |
| 1122934693 | Psychosomatic Diseases | Physical ailments with a genuine organic basis that are caused in part by psychological factors, especially emotional distress | |
| 1122934694 | Type A Personality | Includes 3 elements: (1) a strong competitive orientation, (2) impatience and time urgency, and (3) anger and hostility | |
| 1122934695 | Type B Personality | Marked by relatively relaxed, patient, easy going, amicable behavior | |
| 1122934696 | Immune Response | The body's defensive reaction to invasion by bacteria, viral agents, or other foreign substances | |
| 1122934697 | Social Support | Various types of aid and succor provided b members of one's social networks | |
| 1122934698 | Optimism | A general tending to expect good outcomes | |
| 1122934699 | AIDS | A disorder in which the immune system is gradually weakened and eventually disabled by HIV | |
| 1122934700 | Rational Emotive Therapy | An approach that focuses on altering clients' patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive emotions and behavior | |
| 1122934701 | Catastrophic Thinking | Involves unrealistically negative appraisals of stress that exaggerate the magnitude of one's problems |