Health, Stress, and Coping Flashcards
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Health psychologists
Studies both positive and negative that impacts humans’ behaviours and decisions have on their health, survival, and well-being
People are more likely to die from:
Tobacco/alcohol use
Obesity
Inactivity
The leading preventable cause of death in North America
Cigarette smoking. More Canadians die annually from tobacco-related disease than due to traffic accidents in both the US and Canada
Percentage of obese Canadians
27%
Genetic contribution to weight
50-90%
Social resilience
The ability to keep positive relationships and to endure and recover from social isolation and life stressors
True or false: social isolation is as great a risk as smoking/obesity/high blood pressure
True
Social Contagion
The often subtle, unintentional spreading of a behaviour as a result of social interactions
Stress
A psychological and physiological reaction that occurs when perceived demands exceed existing resources to meet those demands
Appraisal
Refers to the cognitive act of assessing and evaluating the potential threat and demands of an event
Appraisal occurs in two steps
Primary and secondary
Primary appraisal
An evaluation of whether a stimulus or event is a threat
Secondary
Whether your have resources to cope with that threat
Fight or flight
A set of physiological changes that occur in response to psychological or physical threats
Three stages of General adaptation syndrome (GAS)
Alarm, resistance, and exhaustion (GAS)
