Health, Stress & Coping Flashcards

Health, Stress and Coping

187098660	What are the three stages of the general adaptation syndrome?	1) Alarm 2) Resistance 3) Exhaustion	1
187098661	Stress can be considered two types of process. What are they?	1) Psychobiological - that is, it consists of both physiological psychological components and consequences 2) Transactional - a transaction between the individual and environment in which the individual perceives that the demands of the environment ment exceed their psychosocial resources.	2
187098662	With regard to stress, what is a primary appraisal of a situation?	A person deciding if the situation is benign, stressful or irrelevant	3
187098663	With regard to stress, what is the secondary appraisal of a situation?	A person evaluates the options and decides how to respond.	4
187098664	What is emotional forcasting?	Emotional forcasting is where a person evaluates what feelings particular sitations will produce	5
187098665	Events that lead to stress are called what?	Stressors	6
187098666	What is the Holmes-Rahe scale?	A scale to measure stress, related to 43 common life events that require change and adaptation.	7
187102626	What is Acculturative stress?	The stress people experience in trying to adapt in a new culture	8
187102627	What is the term that examines the influence of psychosocial factors on the functioning of the immune system?	Psychoneuroimmunology	9
187102628	What are the three important types of cells in the immune system?	1) B-Cells 2) T-Cells 3) Natural Killer Cells	10
187102629	Within the immune system, what do B cells produce?	Antibodies that attach to foreign invaders and mark them for destruction	11
187102630	Within the immune system, what do T cells do?	Search out and directly destroy invaders (T-Helper cells also stimulate immune functioning)	12
187102631	Within the immune system, what do natural killer cells fight?	Viruses and Tumours	13