Chapter 13 - Stress, Coping, and Health Flashcards
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| 11774537251 | Biopsychosocial model | Holds that physical illness is caused by a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. | 0 | |
| 11774552710 | Stress | Any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to threaten one's well-being and that thereby tax one's coping abilities. |  | 1 |
| 11774593435 | Primary appraisal | An initial evaluation of whether an event is 1. Irrelevant to you 2. Relevant but not threatening 3. Stressful | 2 | |
| 11774605160 | Secondary appraisal | An evaluation of your coping resources and options for dealing with the stress | 3 | |
| 11776714162 | 4 principle types of stress | 1. Frustration 2. Conflict 3. Change 4. Pressure | 4 | |
| 11776724718 | Frustration | experienced whenever the pursuit of some goal is thwarted |  | 5 |
| 11776739079 | Conflict | occurs when two or more incompatible motivations or behavioral impulses compete for expression | 6 | |
| 11776749473 | Approach-approach conflict | a choice must be made between two attractive goals | 7 | |
| 11776767360 | Avoidance-avoidance conflict | a choice must be made between two unattractive goals | 8 | |
| 11776783252 | Approach-Avoidance conflict | a choice must be made about whether to pursue a single goal that has both attractive and unattractive aspects | 9 | |
| 11776798955 | Life Changes | any substantial alterations in one's living circumstances that require readjustment | 10 | |
| 11776848358 | Pressure | Involves expectations or demands that one behave in a certain way | 11 | |
| 11776950491 | General adaptation syndrome | Seyle's concept that the body responds to stress with alarm, resistance and exhaustion | 12 | |
| 11777003697 | Neurogenesis | Formation of new neurons | 13 | |
| 11777007933 | Coping | efforts to master, reduce, or tolerate the demands created by stress | 14 | |
| 11777023485 | Learned helplessness | Passive behavior produced by exposure to unavoidable aversive events. | 15 | |
| 11777033110 | Aggression | any behavior that is intended to hurt someone, either physically or verbally | 16 | |
| 11777037467 | Catharsis | a release of emotional tension | 17 | |
| 11777341832 | Defense mechanisms | largely unconscious reactions that protect a person from unpleasant emotions such as anxiety and guilt | 18 | |
| 11777354698 | Constructive coping | relatively healthful efforts that people make to deal with stressful events | 19 | |
| 11777380535 | Heart disease | leading cause of death in the US | 20 | |
| 11777389343 | Type A personality | Personality characterized by (1) a strong competitive orientation, (2) impatience and time urgency, and (3) anger and hostility. | 21 | |
| 11777401548 | Type B personality | Personality characterized by relatively relaxed, patient, easygoing, amicable behavior. | 22 | |
| 11777434999 | Immune response | The body's defensive reaction to invasion by bacteria, viral agents, or other foreign substances. | 23 | |
| 11777462155 | Social support | various types of aid and emotional sustenance provided by members of one's social networks | 24 | |
| 11777495596 | Optimism | A general tendency to expect good outcomes | 25 | |
| 11777561564 | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) | A disorder in which the immune system is gradually weakened and eventually disabled by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). | 26 | |
| 11777626634 | Nonadherence | The failure to comply fully with treatment recommendations for modification of a health habit or an illness state. | 27 | |
| 11777667003 | Catastrophic thinking | Involves unrealistically pessimistic appraisals of stress that exaggerate the magnitude of one's problems | 28 |