exam 2 Flashcards
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____ is characterized by the development of severe anxiety, dissociative, and other symptoms that occurs within one month after exposure to an extreme traumatic stressor
Acute Stress Disorder
____ is a group of symptoms, such as stress, feeling sad or hopeless, and physical symptoms that can occur after you go through a stressful life event. The symptoms occur because you are having a hard time coping. Your reaction is stronger than expected for the type of event that occurred.
Adjustment Disorder
_____ is “the wear and tear on the body” which grows over time when the individual is exposed to repeated or chronic stress. It represents the physiological consequences of chronic exposure to fluctuating or heightened neural or neuroendocrine response that results from repeated or chronic stress.
Allostatic Load
_____ is any substance that causes an immune system to produce antibodies against it.
Antigens
____ is a type of white blood cell that makes antibodies.
B-Cell
_____ is an interdisciplinary field that uses the concepts and techniques of the behavioral sciences to improve physical and emotional health.
Behavioral Medicine
____ refer to the specific efforts, both behavioral and psychological, that people employ to master, tolerate, reduce, or minimize stressful events.
coping strategies
____ is a quantitative method of research in which you have 2 or more quantitative variables from the same group of subjects, & you are trying to determine if there is a relationship (or covariation) between the 2 variables (a similarity between them, not a difference between their means).
Correlational Research
____ is to look at closely in order to observe or read.
Study
one thing that all stress has in common is that it increases the level of a very powerful hormone called ____
Cortisol
____ is a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger
Crisis
____ is emergency psychological care aimed at assisting individuals in a crisis situation to restore equilibrium to their biopsychosocial functioning and to minimize the potential for psychological trauma.
Crisis Intervention
____ is any of a number of substances, such as interferon, interleukin, and growth factors, that are secreted by certain cells of the immune system and have an effect on other cells.
Cytokines
A ____ is a process of (1) receiving an explanation, (2) receiving information and situation-based reminders of context, (3) reporting of measures of performance, and/or (4) opportunities to further investigate the results of a study, investigation, or assessment of performance after participation in an immersive activity is complete.
debriefing session
____ is extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.
Distress
____ is the form of hypertension that by definition has no identifiable cause.
Essential Hypertension
____ is the study of psychological and behavioral processes in health, illness, and healthcare. It is concerned with understanding how psychological, behavioral, and cultural factors contribute to physical health and illness.
Health Psychology
____ abnormally high blood pressure.
Hypertension
____ describes a complex set of interactions between two parts of the brain – the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland – and the adrenal or suprarenal glands at the top of each kidney
HPA System
____ is the body’s defense against infectious organisms and other invaders.
Immune System
____ the partial or complete suppression of the immune response of an individual. It is induced to help the survival of an organ after a transplant operation.
Immunosuppression
____ is a colorless cell that circulates in the blood and body fluids and is involved in counteracting foreign substances and disease; a white (blood) cell.
Leukocytes
____ are responsible for immune responses.
Lymphocytes
____ is the scientific study of human flourishing, and an applied approach to optimal functioning. It has also been defined as the study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals, communities and organisations to thrive.
Positive Psychology