stress Flashcards
the process of perceiving and responding to stressors
stress
things appraised as threatening or challenging
stressors
the evaluation of stimulus to decide whether it is threatening or not
appraisal
a situation when a person is driven to make a decision based on conflicting goals
motivational conflicts theory
two attractive but incompatible goals
approach-approach conflict
motivational conflicts theory
conflict between two undesirable goals
avoidance-avoidance conflict
motivational conflicts theory
conflict between an attractive and an undesirable goal
approach-avoidance conflict
motivational conflicts theory
Selye’s concept of the body’s response to stress: alarm reaction, resistance, and exhaustion
general adaptation syndrome [GAS]
sympathetic nervous system activates
alarm reaction
resources are summoned to repair body after initial shock of stress; adrenal gland releases hormones
resistance
physical vulnerability after depleting energy resources
exhaustion
under stress, people often provide support to others, bond with, and seek support from others
tend-and-befriend response
subfield of psychology that provides contribution to behavioral medicine
health psychology
study of how psychological, neural, endocrine processes together affect the immune system & resulting health
psychoneuralimmunology
releasing in order to relieve strong or repressed emotions
catharsis
sustained exercise that increases heart & lung fitness; helps alleviate depression and anxiety
aerobic exercise
a reflective practice in which people attend to current experiences in a nonjudgmental and accepting manner
mindfulness meditation
people’s tendency to be helpful when in a good mood
feel-good do-good phenomenon
self-perceived happiness and satisfaction with life
subjective well-being
the tendency to form judgments relative to a neutral subject defined by prior experience
adaptation-level phenomenon
the clogging of vessels that nourish the heart muscle
coronary heart disease
the perception that one is worse off relative to those whom one compares themself too
relative deprivation
