Midterm Review Flashcards

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Technostress

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our reaction to technology and how our lives are changing as a result (many emails, phone calls, txt messages)

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How does virtual reality exposure therapy help?

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immersive technology that can recreate a multisensory experience (sight, sound, smell, and touch) in the comfort of a therapist’s office. This can help PTSD treatment-seeking patients.

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Social support

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emotional support to help you feel better about yourself or cope during an event that is causing stress

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What kind of social support is there?

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-tangible support (money or car usage)
-emotional support (love or caring concern)
-informational support (facts or advice)

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Fight-or-Flight Response

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the body’s stress reaction that includes an increase in heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, and serum cholesterol (Walter Cannon)

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Kinds of stressors:

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-Environmental (toxins, heat, cold)
-Psychological (threats to self-esteem)
-Sociological (unemployment)
-Philosophical (use of time, purpose in life)

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Cerebral cortex

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The upper part of the brain that is responsible for thinking, language, and judgement

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Subcortex

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the lower part of the brain that is responsible for various physiological processes necessary to be alive

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Cerebellum

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Part of the subcortex;
coordinates body movement

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Medula oblongata

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Part of the subcortex;regulates heartbeat, respiration, and other basic physiological processes

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Pons

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Part of the subcortex;
Sleep cycle regulation

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12
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Limbic system

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-Diencephalon
-Thalamus
-Hypothalamus

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Diencephalon

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emotional regulation

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Thalamus

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Part of the diencephalon;
relays impulses from the nervous system

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Hypothalamus

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Part of the diencephalon;
activator of the autonomic nervous system

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General adaptation syndrome

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describes the process your body goes through when you are exposed to any kind of stress, positive or negative (3-phase process)

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  1. Alarm Reaction
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the body shows the changes characteristic of the first exposure. Resistance is diminished and if the stressor is strong (burns, extreme temp.), death may result

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Example of the alarm reaction

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Someone being at a party, but having social anxiety

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  1. Stage of Assistance
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resistance results if continued exposure to the stressor is compatible with adaptation. The bodily signs characteristic of the alarm reaction have virtually disappeared, and resistance rises above normal.

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Example of the assistance reaction

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when others try to involve the socially anxious guest, he experiences stress (muscle tension, heart rate increase…)

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  1. Stage of Exhaustion
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long-continued exposure to the stressor, to which the body has become adjusted, eventually energy is exhausted. The signs of the alarm reaction reappear, but now they are irreversible, and the individual dies.

22
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Example of the exhaustion stage

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if the social anxiety guest experiences social situations often, overtime it can result in an illness/disease (coronary heart disease)

23
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Erotic (eros) Love

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a passionate, all-enveloping love. This is when the heart races and shows other forms of excitement (fluttering feeling)

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Ludic (ludus) Love

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a playful, flirtatious type used for amusement, there is no long-term commitment and is used with several partners

25
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Manic (mania) Love

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combination of eros and ludus that is flirtatious playing characterized by jealousy and irrational joy, low anxiety, and depression.

26
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Eustress

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Good things (i.e., a job promotion)

27
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Cognitive appraisal

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how a stressor is interpreted; some people may take a certain stressor event and have a different feeling about it.

28
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What is a stressor?

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the potential of causing a stress reaction

29
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Lymphocytes

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white blood cells that destroy foreign/mutant cells

30
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Sympathetic nervous system

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responsible for expending energy

31
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Parasympathetic nervous system

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consuming energy

32
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Autonomic nervous system

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the system that controls and processes hormone balances, temperature, and the width of blood vessels
-Parasympathetic
-Sympathetic

33
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Psyche

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mind

34
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Soma

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body

35
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Psychosomatic Disease

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“not all in the mind”
conditions that affect both the mind and body

36
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Psychogenic

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a physical disease caused by emotional stress without a microorganism involved

37
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Somatogenic

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a disease that results from the mind increasing, the body’s susceptibility to disease-causing microbes
or natural degenerative process

38
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Name an example of a psychogenic disease

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asthma

39
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Name an example of a somatogenic disease

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cancer

40
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Lazarus’s theory of stress

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believed that everyday hassles would cause more stress and bodily illnesses than major events

41
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Unhealthy roadblock

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When you separate the life situation (ex; being fired) and interpret it into a stressful/negative perspective (ex; decreased self-worth)

42
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Physiological arousal

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The stressor is a stimulus with the potential of eliciting a stress reaction

43
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Intrapersonal matter

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occurring within the individual mind or self. We focus on what is between you and you, rather than between you and others

44
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Blood pressure

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a stress reactivity that is related to the force and rate of the heartbeat (120/80 is healthy)

45
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What are some important tasks for younger college students?

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-achieving competence
-managing emotions
-establishing identity
-moral duty (autonomas)

46
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What are the most significant stressors for college students?

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-finances
-course overload
-grades
-relationships/interactions
-sex/diseases (HIV)
-emotions (shyness, jealousy)

47
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Anorexia (nervosa)

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an eating disorder in which a person takes
in so few calories as to potentially starve
him- or herself

48
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What are some examples of foods that are high in saturated fats?

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-red meats
-whole milk
-butter

49
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What is the effect of consuming high saturated fats?

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increase the amount of cholesterol in the blood. The cholesterol then accumulates on the walls of the arteries, and coronary heart disease develops.

50
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The effects of unpleasant noise

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-migraines
–raise blood pressure
-increate heart rate
-muscle tension
-irritation/anxiety