Ch 10

Question 0

A technique for gaining conscious control over unconscious body functions such as blood pressure and heartbeat. Feedback obtained by sensitive information on body function and individuals can learn to monitor and control responses

Answer 0

Biofeedback

Question 1

A process of changing an individuals perceptions of stress by reassessing a situation and replacing irrational beliefs

Answer 1

Cognitive reframing

Question 2

Discrete personal attributes that people have and can develop to help manage stress

Answer 2

Coping styles

Question 3

A negative draining energy that results in anxiety depressions confusion helplessness hopelessness and fatigue

Answer 3

Distress

Question 4

A positive type of stress that reflects a persons confidence in the ability to successfully master given demands or tasks

Answer 4

Eustress

Question 5

The body organized response to stress as elucidated by Hans Selye
3 stages:
The stage of alarm
The stage of resistance
The stage of exhaustion

Answer 5

General adaptation syndrome GAS

Question 6

A process by which a person is led to envision images that are both calming and health enhancing

Answer 6

Guided imagery

Question 7

A discipline for training the mind to develop greater calm and then using that calm to bring penetrative insight into ones experience

Answer 7

Meditation

Question 8

A centuries old form of meditation that emphasizes awareness of ourselves and our mental activity from moment to moment

Answer 8

Mindfulness

Question 9

Environment and physical conditions they elicit the stress response

Answer 9

Physical stressors

Question 10

A method of decreasing anxiety In which the Individual tenses groups of muscles as tightly as possible for 8 second and then suddenly releases them

Answer 10

Progressive musicale relaxation

Question 11

Stressors of the psyche including divorce loss of a job unmanageable debt death of a lev done retirement and fear of a terrorist attack as well as changes one might consider positive such as marriage arrival of a new baby or a unexpected success

Answer 11

Psychological stressors

Question 12

Study of the links among stress, the immune system, and disease.

Answer 12

Psychoneuroimmunology

Question 13

A set of physiological changes that result in decreased activity of the sympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system and a shift to the parasympathetic mode which induces a state of relaxation

Answer 13

Relaxation response

Question 14

Psychological or physical stimuli that are incompatible with current functioning and require adaptation

Answer 14

Stressors