Lecture 11 Flashcards
Judgement about the degree of potential harm or threat to wellbeing a stressor might entail
Primary appraisal
Our judgment about how to cope with a particular stressor
Secondary appraisal
Good stress
Eustress
Bad stress
Distress
What is eustress associated with
Positive feelings, optimal health, and performance
What is distress associated with
Burn out, fatigue, performance decline
He psychological influence of stress is studied by ____
Health psychologists
Stress levels vary by factors such as
Age, gender, race, education, employment and income
Why might stress differ by background
- in the U.S. social groups hold different powers and privileges
- access to recourses and support (financial, emotional, safety)
What are the 2 general systems of physiological mechanisms
- The sympathetic nervous system
- The hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal (HPA) axis
When a person perceive something stress full, the ____ triggered arousal via the release of adrenaline from the ____
Sympathetic nervous system, adrenal glands
The release of the adrenaline hormone activates
Fight or flight
In response to stress, the ____ releases ___
Hypothalamus, corticotrophin-releasing factor
What is known as the stress hormone
Cortisol
Stress that last over time
Chronic stressors
Stressors that last for a brief focal event but can have long lasting impacts
Acute stressors
Chronic stress combined with excessive job demands and little control over work load
Job strain
Can occur when chronic stress and job strain reaches limits general sense of exhaustion and cynicism
Job burn out
The study of how physiological factors influence the immune system
Psychoneoroimmunology
Two fundamental types of coping
- Problem-focused coping
- Emotion focused coping
Attempts to manage or alter the problem that is causing them stress
Problem focused coping
Attempts to change or reduce the negative emotions associated with stress
Emotions focused coping
Beliefs about our personal capacity to exert influence over shape outcomes
Perceived control
The soothing impact of friends, family, acquaintances
Social support
Four steps that combine relaxation with transcendental meditation
Relaxation response technique
The three elements to happiness
Pleasant life
Good life
Meaningful life
Pleasant life
Enjoying daily pleasures
Good life
Using skills for enrichment
Meaningful life
Contributing to greater good
