Health Psychology

Question 1

emotions

Answer 1

response of the whole organism
“complex disturbances”

Question 2

James-lang theory

Answer 2

the experience of emotions results from our awareness of physiological responses to emotional arousing stimuli. research supports this.

Question 3

cannon bard

Answer 3

emotional arousing stimuli simultaneously triggers physiological responses and subjective experience of emotion.

Question 4

what is the first step in an emotional sequence?

Answer 4

cognitive appraisal of the situation

Question 5

primary appraisal

Answer 5

people attempt to determine the consequence of impending events on their welfare.

Question 6

secondary appraisal

Answer 6

determination of what can be done and what should be down about the situation.

Question 7

what do appraisals determine?

Answer 7

emotions and how intensely they feel them.

Question 8

what are the central feature of the emotional stake.

Answer 8

coping processes.

Question 9

self consciousness

Answer 9

a disposition to focus inwardly on the self.

Question 10

private self-conscious

Answer 10

relates to a focus on a personal aspect of the self

Question 11

Public self conscious

Answer 11

involves a more outward concern, how one is seen by others.

Question 12

what are the components of emotion?

Answer 12

physical arousal, thoughts, feelings, behavior, and facial expressions.

Question 13

sensation seeking

Answer 13

is the tendency to pursue new and different sensations, feelings, and experiences.

Question 14

Moderate levels of arousal are…

Answer 14

adaptive

Question 15

how do most people seek a moderate level of arousal?

Answer 15

by controlling the amount of external stimulation.

Question 16

forms of sensation seeking

Answer 16

thrill and adventure seeking, experience seeking, disinhibition , boredom susceptibility.

Question 17

type T personality

Answer 17

t= thrill seeker
describes those who need constant stimulation and risk taking.

Question 18

polygraph

Answer 18

measures several off physiological responses accomplished emotion.
all federal intelligence agencies require employees to regularly take the test.
70% accurate.

Question 19

sympathetic division (arousing)

Answer 19

pupils dilate, salvation decrease, skin perspires, respiration increases, heart rate increases, digestion stops, adrenal glands secrete stress hormones.

Question 20

parasympathetic divison (calming)

Answer 20

pupils contracts , salvation increase, skin dries, respiration decreases, heart rate decreases, digestion increases, adrenal glands stop secrete stress hormones.

Question 21

why is detecting deception difficult?

Answer 21

the cues that we think indicate deception (perceived deception) are not the ones that are actively used to deceive (actual deception).

Question 22

elkman

Answer 22

emotional displays are universal. emotional contagion explains why facial expressions are shared.

Question 23

positive effect

Answer 23

enthusiasm, active, alert

Question 24

negative effect

Answer 24

anger, contempt, disgust, guilty, nervous

Question 25

elevation (Haidt)

Answer 25

warm uplifting feeling people get when they see unexpectant acts of human goodness, kindness, and compassion.

Question 26

geller and Beasley

Answer 26

tiny green light on car

Question 27

what stage are most drivers in?

Answer 27

Lesser Mayhemzone

Question 28

laugher

Answer 28

social phenomenon

Question 29

stress

Answer 29

“fight or flight”
diverts energy from immune system
involves the appraisal of Environmental threats and challenges
(+) is eustress
(-) is distress
leads to burnout

Question 30

hassles

Answer 30

petty annoyances that lead to grief

Question 31

uplifts

Answer 31

daily pleasant and satisfying experiences that occur

Question 32

General Adaptation System

Answer 32

The body’s resistance to stress can only last so long before stress’s exhausting sets in.

Question 33

Phase one of the General Adaptation System

Answer 33

Alarm - mobilize resources

Question 34

Phase two of the General Adaptation System

Answer 34

resistance - cope with stressor

Question 35

Phase three of the General Adaptation System

Answer 35

exhaustion - resources depleted

Question 36

type a

Answer 36

two main compartments
coronary heart disease.

Question 37

type b

Answer 37

easy going

Question 38

psychological hardiness

Answer 38

personality type believe to protect individuals from stress

Question 39

what is fringe medicine

Answer 39

​any type of treatment that is not accepted by many people as being part of Western medicine, for example one using plants instead of artificial drugs

Question 40

the health belief model

Answer 40

a theoretical model that can be used to guide health promotion and disease prevention programs. It is used to explain and predict individual changes in health behaviors. It is one of the most widely used models for understanding health behaviors

Question 41

what is the theory of reasoned action

Answer 41

It is mainly used to predict how individuals will behave based on their pre-existing attitudes and behavioral intentions

Question 42

biofeedback

Answer 42

a process that enables an individual to learn how to change physiological activity for the purposes of improving health and performance. Precise instruments measure physiological activity such as brainwaves, heart function, breathing, muscle activity and skin temperature.

Question 43

religion raises…

Answer 43

mental health

Question 44

how do people cope with stress?

Answer 44

social support, religion, and journaling

Question 45

how does journaling help cope with stress?

Answer 45

individuals write in detail about their thoughts and feelings related to stressful events, similar to how they would talk about them in a counseling session.