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Chapter 10 (stress health and human flourishing Flashcards

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1
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what is our flight or fight response?

A

An emergency response; increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system that mobilizes energy and activity for attacking or escaping a threat

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List two examples of a fight or flight response

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test muscles and a pounding heart

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what are three things that are stressors?

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catastrophes, significant life changes, daily hassles

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stress reactions-from alarm to exhaustion-were developed by who?

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Walter Cannon

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in the survey taken three weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attack some Americans reported experiencing heightened symptoms of what?

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anxiety

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what are the three stages of General adaption syndrome(GAS) in order?

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alarm resistance and exhaustion

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what is the response Of when people/ a person come together and provide others with emotional support?

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tend and befriend response

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does stress cause cancer? If yes explain how if no explain what it does.

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NO, Stress however we give the body to defending against cancer cells

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The tent and a bad friend response was invented by who?

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Taylor

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what is psychoneuroimmunology

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The study of how psychological, Neural , and endocrine processes combined to affect our immune system and health

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what are the four types of cells that Carry out the mission of killing bacteria viruses and other invaders?

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T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, macrophage, and natural killer cells

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what is the relationship on stress and AIDS

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reducing stress can help control aids but drug treatment is still most effective

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The clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in the USA and many other countries is known as what disease?

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coronary heart disease

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on average how many people does it kill in the US alone; coronary heart disease?

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600,000

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how does stress effect coronary heart disease

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The more drama, the more information we will build up which is linked with heart problems

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Who measured levels of cholesterol in accountants when stressful situations occurred?

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Friedman and Rosenman

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Who are type a people

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hard driven, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger prone people

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Who are tight be people?

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easy-going and relaxed

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Who are type D people

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people that suppressed negative emotions to avoid social disapproval

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what is coping?

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reducing stress using emotional cognitive or behavioral methods

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what is problem focused coping?

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confronting the stressor or attempting to reduce stress directly by changing the stressor by the way we interact with the stressor

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what is emotion focused coping?

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avoiding the stressor or attempting to release stress by avoiding or ignoring the stressor and attending to emotional needs related to our stress reaction

23
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our sense of the controlling our environment rather than feeling helpless is known as what?

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personal control

24
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what is learned helplessness? And give an example

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hopelessness when unable to avoid repeated events

dog receiving shots. He or she can’t escape so here she stops trying

25
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what is Tyranny of choice?

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too many choices

26
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what is external locus of control

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The mindset that outside forces control our fate

27
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what is infernal locus of control

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The mindset that we ourselves control our own fate

28
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people who typically anticipate that their outcomes and life will be negative r who?

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pessimist

29
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people that anticipate the best in life are known as who?

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Optimists

30
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True or false. Optimism leads to a stronger immune system?

A

T

31
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compared with unmarried people, people in low conflict marriages are more likely to what?

A

Live longer, healthier lives then nonmarried people

32
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what contributes to separate your health problems when creating the unexpected loss of a loved one?

A

finding meaning in life and looking for the positive in every situation and open-heart therapy

33
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activities that increase heart and lung fitness are known as what?

A

aerobic exercise

34
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relaxation procedures provides relief from what four things

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headaches, high blood pressure, anxiety, and insomnia

35
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attending the current experiences in a nonjudgmental and excepting way is known as what?

A

mindfulness meditation

36
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what are the three way that my phone this helps us make positive changes?

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straightens connections among Regions in our brain, it activates brain regions associated with more selective awareness, it comes brain activation in emotional situations

37
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what is the faith factor

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religiously active people tend to live longer

38
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personal strength and health most people recover from adversity is called what?

A

resilience

39
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if we do good we will feel good doesn’t want to do more good what is this called

A

feel good to do good phenomenon

40
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what is subjective well-being

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self perceived happiness

41
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why in the adoption level phenomenon

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our tendency to form judgments relative to past experience

42
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explain relative deprivation

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View that we are where is relative to those with whom we compare ourselves

43
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relative deprivation is heavily influenced by what

A

income, money

44
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genes culture outlook and recent experiences are factors for determining what?

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happiness

45
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what are the less influential factors and our determination of happiness

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age , gender, education level, parenthood, and physical attractiveness

46
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what is the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging?

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stress

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