Chill Pill Flashcards
Stress
Physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to a challenge
Distress
Undesirable stressors
Eustress
Positive events needed to promote health
Acute Stress Disorder
[ASD] Exposure to major stress
Social Readjustment Rating Scale
[SRRS] Assessment measures stress
Approach-Approach Conflict
Choose between two desirable goals
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
Choose between two undesirable goals
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Choose or not between a goal both good and bad
Double-Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Choose between two both good and bad goals
Multiple-Approach-Avoidance Conflict
More than two goals all good and bad
General Adaption Syndrome
[GAS] Three stages the body goes through to deal with stress: Alarm, Resistance, and Exhaustion
Primary Appraisal
Assessing stress
Secondary Appraisal
Assessing a threat
Acculturative Stress
Stress leading to the need to change and adapt
Social Support System
Network of friends, family, neighbors, or homeless people who help in time of need
Coping Strategies
Actions people take to deal with stress
Problem-Focussed Coping
Tries to eliminate stress
Emotion-Focussed Coping
Changing emotional reaction
Psychological Defense Mechanism
Unconscious distortions of reality to deal with stress
Repression
Refusing to remember stress
Rationalization
Invents excuses for bad actions
Reaction Formation
Emotes opposite of feelings
Regression
Acts like a child when stressed
Compensation
[substitution] Best in one area to make up for lacking in another
Sublimation
Channeling bad impulses into good actions
