Chapter 10: Chronic Illness, Terminal Illness, and Death

Question 1

appraisals

Answer 1

way a potentially stressful event is interpreted. A significant component of Lazarus’ psychological explanation of why we get stressed

Question 2

chronic illness

Answer 2

illnesses that persist over long periods of time

Question 3

denial

Answer 3

one of the first psychological reactions felt a moment a person is informed that he or she has a chronic illness or realizes he or she is dying

Question 4

optimism

Answer 4

personality trait where a person has a general tendency to expect that good things, rather than bad things, will happen

Question 5

palliative care

Answer 5

form of treatment aimed at alleviating symptoms without necessarily affecting the cause.

Question 6

progressive illness

Answer 6

chronic illness that get worse with time. Proliferation extent to which immune cells multiply and produce more cells. Proliferation is mostly seen as a sign of a strong immune system

Question 7

remitting illness

Answer 7

an illness that eases with time and ends

Question 8

terminal illnesses

Answer 8

chronic illnesses such as cancer or AIDs are often referred to as advancing or terminal because people with these diseases often die after a relatively short time ranging from months to a few years