Chapter 11 Flashcards

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Stress

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Physical, emotional, cognitive, no behavioral responses to events that are appraised as the rearing or challenging

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Stressors

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Events that cause stress reaction

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3
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Distress

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Effect of unpleasant and undesirable stressors

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4
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Eustress

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Effect of positive effects
Positive events cause arousal a DN consume energy
Ie: vacation
Associated with optimal level of stress to promote accomplishment and health

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5
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Catastrophe

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Hurricane, flood, tornado, wartime devastation
Most severe stressors

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Holmes and Rahe Social readjustment rating scale

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Record average levels of stress associated with different events
Stress correlates to illness
Cons: Many stressors not on list and same situation causes many different stress reaction per individual
Instructive but be aware of limits
Death high and career change low

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7
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CUSS

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College undergraduate stress scale
Holmes and Rahe scale but for undergraduates

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8
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Richard Lazarus

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Hassles scale
Effect of minor frustration on stress
Daily Hassled have greater impact that major changes on health and well-being
Daily hassles minimized by creative thinking (creative thought- 5% thinking)

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9
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Pressure

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Urgent demands or expectations for a persons behavior coming from outside source
Greater demand, greater stress
More severe consequences, more stress

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10
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Uncontrollability

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Need to have certain level of control over life and resources
Unpredictable stressors have severe negative impacts
Work to gain control
Lack can lead to over controlling - equally as bad

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11
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Frustration

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Stress felt by blocking of desired goal or fulfillment of perceived need

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12
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Frustration aggression hypothesis

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John Dollard and Neal Miller: when frustrated, more likely to agree
Leonard berkowitz: frustration causes “readiness to aggression”

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13
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Displaced aggression

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Domino effect

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14
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Escape or withdrawal

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Physical - leave setting
Psychological - fantasy or drug abuse

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15
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Approach - approach conflict

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Choice between two desirable goals
Two good college

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Avoidance - avoidance conflict

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Choice between two undesirable goals
Rock and a hard place

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Approach - avoidance conflict

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Both positive and negative consequences to either choice but have to choose (one choice)
Writing stats textbook

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18
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Double/multiple approach - avoidance

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Must choose among 2+ choices with both desirable and undesirable consequences
College

19
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Sympathetic nervous system

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Fight or flight
Arousal to deal w a situation

20
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Parasympathetic nervous system

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Recovery from arousal back to normalcy

21
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General adaption syndrome

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Hans Seyle
Alarm: even occurs, symp n.s. activated - equivalent to arousal
Resistance: effort to deal with situation, continues until resolution or depletion of resources
Exhaustion: body resources gone
Game time setting

22
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Immune system

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Cells, organs, and chemicals of body that responds to attacks from disease, infections, and injuries
Strong immune system for good health

23
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Psychoneuroimmunology

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Study of effects of psychological factors such as stress, emotions, thoughts, and behaviors on immune system

24
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Stress and immune system

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Healthy levels of stress benefit immune functioning
Too much stress compromises immune system and leads to serious physiological and psychological consequences

25
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Allostasis

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Concept of homeostasis (absence of stress or tension)
Maintaining stability through changes too great for system to handle
Vs healthy level of stress

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Health repisas of too much stress

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Coronary heart disease: every aspect of heart disease (high BP, heart disease, heart attacks)
Diabetes and obesity: type 2 body resisten to insulin effect or can’t secrete enough insulin to maintain glucose levels
Cancer: suppressing effect of stress on immune system makes people more susceptible to cancer
High illness, depression, mental disability

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Health psychology

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Study of how physical activities, psychological straits, stress reactions, and solfial relationships affect overall rate of illness

28
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Cognitive factors in stress

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Richard Lazarus
Appraisal of our situation often produces a stress reaction

29
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Primary appraisals

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How threatening is the event to well-being
Initial take on whether event is a threat
Stressor is challenge not threat

30
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Secondary appraisal

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Do I have resources to deal w stressor
If resources adequate good
If not stress will continue or discover new way of dealing with it

31
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Arousal and performance

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Inverted U described ideal levels of arousal
Simple task, high arousal
Med task, med arousal
Hard task, low arousal

32
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Coping strategies

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Apá tino to master, tolerate, reduce, or minimize effects of stressors

33
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Problem focused coping

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Change situation

34
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Emotion focused coping

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Change emotional response to situation

35
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Trama resolution scheme

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5 it’s
Admit it
Vent it
Plan it
Do it
Forget it

36
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Recondition self

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Change in Self talk
Choose not to feel stress

37
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Don’t trivialize

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Appreciate magnitude of ur challenge and let response be of equal magnitude
Takes time and hard work

38
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Appreciate blessings

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Positive things in life

39
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Avoid stinkin thinking

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Flip side of appreciate blessings
Immerse self
Associate with
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Surrounding influence thinking resulting in growth or stagnation

40
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Spirituality and coping

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Positive effects of spirituality: low stress, higher sense of meaning, optimism, care for others contribution
Church goers: friendships, marriage, less addiction, generous, purpose and meaning in life

41
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Meditation

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Concentration meditation: focus on mind on repetitive stimuli to clear mind of disturbing thoughts
Mindfulness meditation: pay attention to present moment without judgement or evaluation

42
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Social support

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Social support system: network of friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, other ps that support or aid person in need
Single greatest predictor of recovery from divorce

43
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Cultural differences in stress and coping

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Diversity in culture
Learn from each other