Health Psychology Flashcards
Autonomic nervous system
Things you don’t think about
Heartbeat/digest
Cortisol
Hormone increases metabolism
Emotion-focused coping
Use emotion to cope
•crying
•laughing
•anger
Health psychology
Behavior enhances health
Inoculation
Change a habit
Parasympathetic nervous system
Calms you down
Polygraph
lie detector test
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Extreme feel prolonged anxiety and depression
Problem-focused coping
Solving the problem
Reappraisal
Giving something a second look
Stress
Response to a demanding, threatening situation
Subjective well-being
Self evaluation of how life is
Sympathetic nervous system
Fight or flight
Type A personality
Impatient
Angry
Hostile
Type b personality
Sloth
Slow
Too relaxed
Acute stressors
A small stress thing
Aggression
Hurt someone physically and verbally