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Chapter 11 Flashcards

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Stress

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Process by which we cope with environmental threats

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Stressor

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Everyday event which causes stress

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Alarm

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Sudden sympathetic nervous system activation

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Resistance

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Body copes with stress, gathers resources, and releases hormones

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Exhaustion

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Used up all resources, resistance to stress drops below normal

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Catastrophe

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Huge distress, something huge in an individual’s life

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PTSD

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Stress reaction after stress is done

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Significant life change

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Causes stress

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Daily hassles

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Minor, petty annoyances; best predict how stress affects our health

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Negative events

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Moer stressful because of emotional drain

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Predictable events

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Less stressful than surprises

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Ambiguous events

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More stressful than clear cut events

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Choice of options with stress

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Some decisions are more stressful than others

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Approach/approach

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Deciding between two desirable options

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Avoidance/avoidance

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Deciding between two negative options

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Approach/avoidance

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Choosing whether or not to do something (most stressful)

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Type A personality

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Easily aroused hostility and anger, sense of urgency, competitive, more likely to have a heart attack

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Type B personality

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Relaxed, easy going, laid back, friendly

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Stress and cancer

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Can slow recovery or speed up death

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Stress and AIDS

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Lowers immune system

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Learned helplessness

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Hopeless resignation learned when one is unable to avoid repeated aversive events

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Internal locus of control

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I have control of the situation

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External locus of control

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I have no control

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Optimism

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Helps to cope successfully with stress

25
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Social Support

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Can calm us down

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How to reduce stress

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Aerobic exercise, relax, spirituality

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Happiness

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Life satisfaction

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What will not get happiness

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Events, money

29
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Adaptation-level principle

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Happiness is relative to the most recent experiences (get used to having money)

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Relative deprivation principle

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Happiness is relative to what others have

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Predictors of happiness

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High self esteem, optimism, outgoing, agreeable, friends, good marriage, enjoy job, faith, sleep, etc

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Not predictors of happiness

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Age, gender, parenthood, attractiveness

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