Chapter 14

Question 0

Define Stressors?

Answer 0

Specific events or chronic pressures that place demands on a person or threaten the persons well-being.

Question 1

Define stress?

Answer 1

The physical and psychological response to internal or external stressors?

Question 2

Define health psychology?

Answer 2

The subfield of psychology concerned with ways psychological factors influence the causes and treatment of physical illness and the maintenance of health.

Question 3

Define chronic stressor?

Answer 3

Sources of stress that occur continuously or repeatedly.

Question 4

Define the flight-or-fight response?

Answer 4

An emotional and physiological reaction to an emergency that increases readiness for action.

Question 5

Define general adaptation syndrome? (GAS)

Answer 5

A three stage physiological response that appears regardless of the stressor that is encountered.

Question 6

Define telomeres?

Answer 6

Caps at the end of each chromosome that protect the ends of chromosomes and prevent them from sticking to each other.

Question 7

Define telomerase?

Answer 7

An enzyme that rebuilds telomeres at the tips of chromosomes.

Question 8

Define the Immune system?

Answer 8

A complex response system that protects the body from bacteria, viruses, and other foreign substances.

Question 9

Define lymphocytes?

Answer 9

White blood cells that produce antibodies that fight infection, including T-Cells and B-Cells.

Question 10

What is the Type A behaviour pattern?

Answer 10

The tendency toward easily aroused hostility, impatience, a sense of time urgency, and competitive achievement strivings.

Question 11

Define Type B behaviour pattern?

Answer 11

Less driven than pattern A.

Question 12

Define burnout?

Answer 12

State of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion created by long term involvement in an emotionally demanding situation and accompanied by lowered performance and motivation.

Question 13

Define Repressive coping?

Answer 13

Avoiding situations or thoughts that are reminders of a stressor and maintaining an artificially positive viewpoint.

Question 14

Define Rational coping?

Answer 14

Facing a stressor and working to overcome it.

Question 15

Define Reframing?

Answer 15

Finding a new or creative way to think about a stressor that reduces its threat.

Question 16

Define Stress Inoculation Training? (SIT)

Answer 16

A reframing technique that helps people to cope with stressful situations by developing positive ways to think about the situation.

Question 17

Define meditation?

Answer 17

The practice of internal contemplation.

Question 18

Define Relaxation Therapy?

Answer 18

A technique for reducing tension by consciously relaxing muscles of the body.

Question 19

Define Relaxation response?

Answer 19

A condition of reduced muscle tension, cortical activity, heart rate, breathing rate, and blood pressure.

Question 20

Define biofeedback?

Answer 20

The use of an external monitoring device to obtain information about a bodily function and possibly gain control over that function.

Question 21

Define social support?

Answer 21

The aid gained through interacting with others.

Question 22

Define Psychosomatic illness?

Answer 22

An interaction between mind and body that can produce illness.

Question 23

Define Somatic symptom disorders?

Answer 23

A set of psychological disorders in which a person with at least one bodily symptom displays significant health-related anxiety, expresses disproportionate concerns about their symptoms, and devotes excessive time and energy to their symptoms or health concerns.

Question 24

Define sick role?

Answer 24

A socially recognized set of rights and obligations linked with illness.

Question 25

Define self-regulation?

Answer 25

The exercise of voluntary control over the self to bring the self into line with preferred standards.