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9.04-9.05 Stress Flashcards

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the physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are appraised as threatening or challenging

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stress

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stress-causing events

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stressors

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occurs when people experience unpleasant stressors

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distress

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beneficial stress that results from positive events that demand adaptation or change; the optimal amount of stress that people need to promote health and well-being

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eustress

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an unpredictable event that happens on a large scale and creates a huge amount of stress

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catastrophe

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the two men who believed that any life event that required change, adaptation, or lifestyle adjustment would result in stress

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Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe

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Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe’s scale for measuring stress

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Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)

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the SRRS results indicate a link between stress and __ and __

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illness and accidents

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the daily annoyances that make up the bulk of the stress we experience

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hassles

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hassles are good predictors of __

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short-term illnesses, such as headaches, colds, and backaches

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the experience produced by urgent demands for a person’s behavior, coming from an outside source

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pressure

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most common form of pressure

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time pressure

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time pressure tends to decrease __ levels

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creativity

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occurs when a person is prevented from achieving a desired goal or fulfilling a perceived need

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frustration

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occur when a goal or need cannot be attained because of a person’s characteristics

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internal frustrations

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possible responses to frustration

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persistence, aggression, displaced aggression, escape/withdrawal

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continuing the efforts to get around the cause of the frustration

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persistence

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using actions meant to harm or destroy

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aggression

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taking out one’s frustrations aggressively on an available scapegoat; often directed at targets that are less threatening than the cause of a person’s frustration

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displaced aggression

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leaving the presence of the stressor, either by withdrawing psychologically or literally

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escape

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suggests that some form of frustration nearly always precedes aggression

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frustration-aggression hypothesis

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psychological escape into apathy, fantasy, or substance abuse

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withdrawal

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occurs when we find ourselves torn between completing desires or goals, can cause stress

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conflict

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conflict that typically does not cause much stress, because it requires a choice between two attractive goals

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approach-approach conflict

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stressful conflict between two undesirable choice

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avoidance-avoidance conflict

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a conflict generally involving one goal, and the decision to pursue it or not

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approach-avoidance conflict

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a conflict that requires a decision between two goals/options, both with benefits and drawbacks

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double approach-avoidance conflict

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a conflict that requires a decision between more than two goals/options, all with benefits and drawbacks

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multiple approach-avoidance conflict

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division of the nervous system responsible for automatic, involuntary, and life-sustaining activities

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autonomic NS

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two divisions of the ANS

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sympathetic and parasympathetic

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division of the ANS that reacts when the human body is subjected to stress

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sympathetic

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three actions of the sympathetic NS

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  • heart rate increases
  • digestion slows down
  • energy sent to muscles
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division of the ANS that returns the body to normal functioning after stress has ended

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parasympathetic

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founder of the modern field of stress research

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Hans Selye

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Selye’s name for the body’s sequence of physiological reactions to stress

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general adaptation syndrome (GAS)

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three stages of GAS

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alarm, resistance, exhaustion

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GAS: activation of sympathetic NS; burst of energy; possible fever, nausea or headache

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arousal

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GAS: stress hormones continue to be released; analgesia

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resistance

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GAS: body’s resources gone; stress-related diseases may result; stressor ends and parasympathetic activity resumes

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exhaustion

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two most common diseases that result from stress

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ulcer and high blood pressure

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the nerve that normal alerts the brain when a pathogen has infected the body; the nerve is not active in the stress response, but the brain acts as though it has been stimulated by this nerve

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vagus nerve

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stress hormone that interferes with the proteins that prevent cancer

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adrenaline / epinephrine

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field that focuses on how our physical activities, psychological traits, and relationships affect our health and rate of illness

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health psychology

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his cognitive-mediational theory of emotions explains why people who interpret a stressor differently can have different responses to it; he also identified a two-step process for assessing the degree of harm of a stressor, and how one should react to it

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Richard Lazarus

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purpose of Lazarus’s primary appraisal

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estimate the severity of the stressor and classifying it as a threat, a challenge, or a harm that has already occurred; at this stage, perceiving the stressor as a challenge, rather than as a threat, makes coping easier

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purpose of Lazarus’s secondary appraisal

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estimate one’s ability to cope with a harmful stressor

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characteristics of the Type A personality

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competitive, ambitious, workaholic, pressured to do well, easily upset

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characteristics of the Type B personality

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easygoing, slow to anger

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the Type A personality trait most closely tied to disease

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hostility

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characteristics of the Type C personality

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tend to internalize anger, find it hard to express negative emotions, pleasant on the surface, experience despair and loneliness

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the disease most closely tied to the Type C personality

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cancer

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personality type for Type A people who seem to thrive on stress, rather than letting it wear them down

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hardy (H)

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people who tend to look for positive outcomes, generally live longer and have increased immune functioning

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optimists

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his research found that optimists are more likely to take preventative health measures, experience less psychological stress, and that they are less likely to become depressed or fall prey to learned helplessness

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Martin Seligman

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the lack of sufficient money to provide for the basic necessities of life; a significant stressor

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poverty

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occurs when prolonged stress results in mental and physical exhaustion

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burnout

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stress associated with adapting to a new or different culture; can result from having to deal with prejudice and discrimination

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acculturative stress

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response to acculturative stress: one maintains a sense of his/her original culture, but also forms positive relationships with the new

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integration

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response to acculturative stress: one abandons the old culture and complete adopts the new; leads to some stress, as culture is lost

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assimilation

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response to acculturative stress: one rejects the new culture and maintains the old completely; can be very stressful, especially if the separation is forced by discrimination, rather than voluntary

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separation

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individuals with few ties to the original culture or acceptance of the new

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marginalized

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coping strategy: working to eliminate the stressor, or to reduce its impact

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problem-focused coping

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coping strategy: changing the way one views or responds to the stressor

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emotion-focused coping

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performing mental exercises to refocus attention

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meditation

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