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Chapter 12 Flashcards

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Trauma

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Trauma is the impact felt from high levels of stress, which can be emotional or physical

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Origin of the word stress

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Comes from the Latin word strictus, which means tight or narrow

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Response

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Physical and thought response to your perception of various situation

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Transaction

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A persons capacity to cope and adjust to challenges and problems is a consequence of transactions that occur between a person and their environment

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Primary appraisal

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Concerned with the evaluation of how harmful is situation is

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Secondary appraisal

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Concerned with people’s evaluation of their resources and options for coping

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Why is stress difficult to measure?

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Stress as a parent on many levels, social, psychological, physiological

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How is stress measured as a stimulus

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SSRS

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SRRS

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Self assessment tool for measuring the total stress you’re experiencing
Can help to respond effectively to whatever stress you face
Based on 43 items

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Hassle scale

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Measures respondents attitudes about daily situations
Instead of focussing on highly charged life events, this test provides a comfortable way to evaluate positive a negative events that occur in daily life

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Evolutionary reasons for stress response

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The stress response has been shaped by natural selection to a Cres the ability for organisms to cope with situations that require action or defense

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General adaptation syndrome

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Describes physiological changes your body goes through as a response to stress
Occurs in stages alarm, resistance, and exhaustion

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Cortisol

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Steroid hormone that is produced by your two adrenal glands, which sit on top of each of your kidneys
Cortisol increases in the bloodstream when someone is stressed

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Sympathetic nervous system

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Please of major role in responding to dangerous or stressful situations
Speeds up heart rate, delivers more blood to areas that need oxygen, etc.

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Parasympathetic nervous system

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Predominates and quiet, rest and digest conditions
Conserves energy to be used later and regulates body functions

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Fight or flight

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Automatic physiological reaction to an event that is perceived as stressful or frightening

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Tend and befriend

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A theory that states that humans Macy’s social support and connection when facing a threat
Alternative to fight or flight

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Eustress

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Moderate or normal, psychological stress, interpreted as being beneficial

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Benefits of social support

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Buffer against stress, releasing, calming brain, chemicals, physiological, benefits, a sense of belonging, solving practical problems

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Control strategies to reduce stress

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Take breaks from social media, take care of yourself, make time to unwind, talk to others, connect with your community, avoid drugs and alcohol

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Behavioural coping with stress

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Irritability, outburst of anger, frequent arguments, inability to relax, changing, eating habits

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Cognitive coping with stress

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Poor concentration, memory, problems, constant, worrying, and anxiety, only seeing the negative

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Decisional coping with stress

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Ability to choose among alternative courses of action

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Informational coping with stress

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The ability to acquire information about a stressful event

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Emotional coping with stress

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The ability to suppress and express emotions

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Hardiness

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Set of attitudes marked by a sense of control over events, commitment to life and work, and courage and motivation to confront stressful circumstances

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Optimism

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Hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of some thing

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Rumination

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A deep, considered thought about some thing

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Proactive coping

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Anticipation of problems and stressful situations that promotes effective coping

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Problem, focussed coping

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A problem solving technique in which an individual address is a problem directly in an attempt to eliminate that

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Emotion, focussed coping

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Using skills for processing and dealing with feelings that arise due to stressful situation

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Diaphragmatic breathing

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A technique to help strengthen your diaphragm, and fill your lungs with air more efficiently

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Nocebo affect

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Situation, where a negative outcome occurs due to a belief that the intervention will cause harm

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Psychoneuroimmunology

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Term used to describe the interactions between the emotional state, is nervous system functions, and immune system

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Stress and colds

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I stress can lead to inflammation, disease, and the de regulation of the immune system

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Psychophysiological illness

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Physical diseases that are either brought about or worsened by stress or other emotional factors

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Bio, psychological perspective

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Systematically, considers, biological, psychological, and social factors, and their complex interactions and understanding health

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Coronary heart disease and stress

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Low socioeconomic status, lack of support, stress at work and family life, depression, anxiety, hostility, all contribute to the risk of developing coronary heart disease

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What do health psychologist do?

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Study how, patients handle illness

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Why is lifestyle change hard

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Lifestyle changes, take time and require support
Difficult to commit and follow through

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Personal inertia

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The state of remaining unchanged, or being unable to change our current behavior, due to psychological factors

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Miss estimating risk

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The uncertainty, over current, mortality rates

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Complementary medicine

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Any range of medical therapies that fall beyond the scope of conventional medicine

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Alternative medicine

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Any range of medical therapy’s that are not regarded as orthodox by the medical profession

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