7. Adjustment to Post-Secondary Life

Question 1

academic adjustment

Answer 1

ability to cope w demands of post-secondary
challenges: separation from family, financial stress, independence, impersonal classes

Question 2

biopsychosocial approach

Answer 2

integrates psychology, sociology, and biology in diagnoses and treatment

Question 3

psychosomatic medicine

Answer 3

focuses on biological, psychological, and social contributions to health

Question 4

psychoneuroimmunology

Answer 4

studies the interaction of nervous and immune sys with psychological processes

Question 5

stress

Answer 5

external event w negative connotations that threatens one’s well-being, health, or resources, particularly when the event meets or exceeds the body’s resources that are available to cope w it

Question 6

stressors

Answer 6

individual events/causes of stress (microstressors -> catastrophic events)

Question 7

General adaptation syndrome (GAS)

Answer 7

1) alarm phase: rapid increase in physiological arousal
2) resistance phase: body’s resources are mobilized to deal w stress (adrenal glands release epinephrine and cortisol to maintain arousal)
3) exhaustion phase: bodys resources are depleted

Question 8

cortisol

Answer 8

reg blood glucose levels
adrenal cortex

Question 9

epinephrine

Answer 9

produced by adrenal medulla
activates SNS

Question 10

problem-focused coping

Answer 10

behaviourally driven coping aims to find solutions

Question 11

emotion-focused coping

Answer 11

aimed at reducing emotional response to stress

Question 12

type a personality

Answer 12

competitive, scores higher in neuroticism, increased feelings of hostility and anger

Question 13

3 types of happiness

Answer 13

1. satisfaction w life
2. positive feelings
3. low neg feelings

Question 14

internal influences on happiness

Answer 14

1. temperament
2. personality
3. outlook
4. resilience

Question 15

which hormone increases the level of sugar in the blood and increases the brain’s use of glucose

Answer 15

cortisol

Question 16

what are 3 tenets of biopsychosocial model for disease treatment and diagnosis? describe a situation where each one could be involved in a chronic illness.

Answer 16

BPS model: biological, psychological, social
ex. cardio disease
1. biological
- increase cholesterol, poor diet, poor fit levels, high bp, blocks in arteries
2. psychological
- self control, depression
3. social
- social support, affect depression and coping, socioeconomic factors