Chapter 14- Stress, Coping And Health Flashcards

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What is stress?

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Response to a situation that threatens, or appears to threaten, one’s sense of well-being

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What is stressor?

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Something that triggers a stress response

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What is acute stressor?

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Short-term finite stressful situation (eg. Studying for finals, competing in a football game)

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What is chronic stressor?

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Long-term stressor with no definitive end (eg. Poverty, high pressure job)

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appraisal and perception of a situation trigger?

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Triggers the emotional state connected to stress

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Feeling frustrated?

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An emotion experienced when something prevents us from reaching a goal

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Feeling pressure

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An expectation or demand that one should act in a certain way

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Feeling conflict

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Discomfort due to two or more incompatible goals or impulses

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Approach-approach conflict

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Choose between two good job offers

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Avoidance-avoidance conflict

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choose between a bad job offer or a no job offer

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Approach-avoidance conflict

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Choose between a great job offer but have to relocate

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Feeling endangered

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Life-threatening situations produce stress

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Daily hassles(micro stressors)

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Small, everyday problems that accumulate to become a source of stress (eg. Bad or rude drivers, can’t find keys or cellphone)

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Life changes

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Altered circumstances requiring adjustment (eg. Marriage, death, illness, finals, breakups,…)

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Social readjustment rating scale (SRRS)

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Assigns life change units to various events that can happen in one’s life

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Traumatic events

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Unexpected disruptive events such as a natural disaster or victim of violence

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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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An anxiety disorder caused by a major traumatic event, characterized by persistent, frightening thoughts or memories of the event, along with anxiety and depression

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Chronic negative situations

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Continued negative situation( eg. Living in a dangerous place, enduring illness, constant environment stressors, poverty.)

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Socio-cultural conditions

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Ethic minority groups who confront prejudice or discrimination or move to a new country

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Stereotype threat

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Suspicions, confusion and resulting vigilance experienced by minority groups members as they interact with majority group members

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Fight or flight response

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A series of physiological reactions in the sympathetic nervous system and endocrine system.
Mobilize an organism to either fight or flee an enemy

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The steps of general adaptation syndrome (GAS)

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1)Alarm (Body’s reaction to initial exposure to stressor—fight or flight)
2)Resistance (body’s attempt to stabilize if stressor continues, may result in vulnerability to disease )
3) Exhaustion (further exposure to stressor depletes energy and resistance

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Emotional response to stress

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Stress triggers emotions and changes mood. The greater the amount of stress, the more negative the emotions associated with stress

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Appraisal in cognitive response

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Ability to handle stressful situations.

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Primary appraisal

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Appraisal of stressor (how big a stressor is it)

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Secondary appraisal

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Appraisal of resources and one’s ability to deal with stressor

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Autonomic reactivity and stress

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Differences in intensity of autonomic nervous system (ANS) reaction (eg. Individuals consistently displaced either high or low cardiovascular activity in response to stressor)

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Explanatory style and stress

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How we explain events (through optimistic or pessimistic styles)

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Hardy or stress resistant personality

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welcome challenges, take control, view stressors as growth opportunities

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Type A in personality style and stress

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Style resulting in continual stress
Personality traits: competitive, impatient, angry, hostile

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Type B in personality style and stress

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Experience lower levels of stress
Personality traits: more relaxed, less aggressive, less hostile

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Type C in personality style and stress

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Particularly vulnerable to stress
Personality traits: Positive attitudes but unable to express or acknowledge negative feelings

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Type D in personality style and stress

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Distressed which impacts health
Personality traits; worry, gloomy, socially inhibited

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Social support and stress

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More social support seems to correlate with less stress. May increase self-confidence in dealing with stressors. The presence of others reduces bodily arousal and negative emotions

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What is coping

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Efforts to manage, reduce, or tolerate stress

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What is humour?

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Laughter may improve health

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What is meditation?

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Promotes relaxation

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What is lashing out?

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Psychological or physical

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Self-defence

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Defensive, avoidant behaviours to protect oneself from stress

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Self-indulgence

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Alcohol, drugs, smoking overacting

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Problem focused coping

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Efforts aimed at a stressor

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Emotion focused coping

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Changing feelings about the stressor

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Cognitive reappraisal

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Finding a way to reinterpret negative aspects of a situation so they’re less upsetting

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Stress and illness

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Life stressors (SRRS) linked to physical illness

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Interaction between psychological and biological factors

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Coronary heart disease

Psychological (e.g., Type A) and biological (e.g., obesity)

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Psychoneuroimmunology

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studies links between stress, the immune system, and health

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Immune system

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organs, tissues, and cells that identify and fight bodily invaders (e.g., viruses, bacteria, cancer cells)

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Lymphocytes or white blood cells

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white blood cells that are key in fighting bacterial and viral invaders

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What is cortisol

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Lowers immune system functioning

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What is cytokines?

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Chronic cortisol drives up cytokine levels (leads to long-term inflammation which contribute to heart disease, stroke and other illnesses

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What is internal combat?

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This scanning electron micrograph shows a cancer cel being attacked by natural killer T-cells

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Personality traits

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Improve immune system functioning and resilience in dealing with stress (Type C behaviour patterns approach to be more at risk for cancer)

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Social support

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Helps to shield us from the negative effects of stress

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healthy communities Communities that share activities and remain close-knit often have lower illness rates than other communities

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What is eustress?

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Optimal stress level that promotes physical and psychological health

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What is inoculation?

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Dealing with small levels of stress to improve functioning in increasingly stressful situations

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Symptoms of PTSD

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-memories, dreams or nightmares about the event
-avoid activities, thoughts, feelings or conversations
-guilt, fear, helplessness
-sleep problems
-feel detached from others

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who developed PTSD

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Can occur at any age, even in childhood. Mostly to appear in women than men

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Biological factors

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Intense biochemical reactions that continue far beyond fight or flight
-Increased cortisol and norepinephrine in those experiencing traumatic events
-Exaggerated sympathetic nervous system responses and blunted HPA axis responses to stress
-May have a smaller hippocampus or the biochemical arousal may eventually shrink the hippocampus

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What is personality factors?

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traits associated with decreased likelihood of developing PTSD (Optimism, constructive coping, more resilient)

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What is childhood experience

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may increase risk of developing PTSD (poverty, abuse, assault, family psychological disorders, experienced a catastrophe at a young age)

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Social support in PTSD

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social environment may influence whether PTSD develops (Inadequate social support intensifies stress and lowers immune system functioning)