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E2 Health Psychology Flashcards

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1
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Chronic illness like cancer are partially influenced by _______________. This shows how

A

Lifestyle behaviors
Psych play into physical health

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Can chronic illness cause psychologic issues ?

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YES

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Sympathetic activation in flight or fight releases what hormone? What does this do?

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Epinephrine
Increase HR, Increase BP, muscle tension

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Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) is the release of what hormone?

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Cortisol

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Cortisol release can (prevent/enhance) critical functions. Is this long or short?

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Prevent
Long

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Consistent cortisol release can (increase/Decrease) inflammation. What is this a risk factor for?

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Increase; Chronic illness

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Those with a higher stressor are more or less likely to develop a cold?

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2x More likely

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What is the narrowing of arteries caused by hardening cholesterol?

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Atherosclerosis

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A personality with time urgency, competitiveness, hostile is type A or B

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A

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A personality that is relaxed, easy going is type A or B

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B

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Are type A or B personalities more likely to develop a heart condition?

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A

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12
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People with negative affect have unhealthy lifestyle behaviors

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Health Behavior model

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What is the Psychopathology Reactivity Model?

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Exaggerated and persistent stress response

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What is pain for less than a month (average) that follows an injury and disappears once injury heals

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Acute Pain

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What is pain for 3-6 months (average) that is associated with psych elements?

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Chronic/ persistent pain

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Is acute or chronic pain useful?

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Acute (allows for healing)

17
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Is pain a subjective thing?

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Yes (usually dimensionally diagnosed)

18
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Adrenaline rush helps to

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Mask pain

19
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Athletes injuring themselves and not knowing it is an example of

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Attention and distraction masking pain

20
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What states that Neural structures like the brain and the spinal cord function like a door (more open the door, more pain sensation)

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Gate control theory

21
Q

To close the pain gate of one area we must

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injure somewhere else (open other pain gate)

22
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The psychological model of pain is heavily related to operant conditioning, WHY?

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Pain behaviors lead to pain coping behaviors like popping pills (which will increase pain behaviors)

23
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Interdisciplinary approach applying behavioral science to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of medical problems

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Behavioral Medicine

24
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Subfield of behavioral medicine that studies psychological factors important in health promotion and maintenance.

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Health Psychology

25
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What did Saplosky’s findings of Baboons cement with stress ?

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Baboons at the bottom of the social-hierachy are more likely to be stressed than higher baboons

26
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Why were baboons at the bottom of social-hierachy more stressed?

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They had less control over their life; CONTROL DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO STRESS

27
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Improving mental health is shown to (increase/decrease) physical health throughout life

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Increase

28
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What did Cohen and Colleagues find?

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The more stressed a person is, the more likely they are to develop a cold

29
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High stress conditions directly attack the ______________ ________, which makes us more susceptible to illness

A

Immune system

30
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True or False:
Coronary Heart disease is seen to be caused (at least a little) by psychological aspects

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True

31
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True or False:
Type B patients are more at risk for CHD

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False, Type A are

32
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True or False:
Social Support can help patients to not display pain behaviors

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True

33
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Use of physiological monitoring equipment to make individuals aware of their own bodily functions, such as blood pressure or brain waves, that they cannot normally access, with the purpose of controlling these functions.

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Biofeedback

34
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True or False:
Biofeedback is inefficient and does not work as well as muscle relaxation

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False, Biofeedback is efficient in certain people

35
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repetitive thoughts of a sound to reduce distracting thoughts and closing the mind to other intruding thoughts, that decrease the flow of stress hormones and neurotransmitters and cause a feeling of calm.

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Relaxation response

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