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Health Psychology

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The subfield of psychology concerned with ways psychological factors influence the causes and treatment of physical illness and the maintenance of health.

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Cannon 1942.

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Voodoo Death.

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Voodoo Death

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Refers to a theory that physiological response mechanisms, initiated by fear, can precipitate death itself. Fight or flight response.

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Stressors

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Specific events or chronic pressures that place demands on a person or threaten the person’s well being.

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Stress

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The physical and psychological response to internal and external stressors (real or perceived).

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Holmes and Rahe in 1967 observed that…

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Major life changes cause stress and that increased stress causes illness.

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What does CUSS stand for?

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College Undergraduate Stress Scale.

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CUSS was developed by?

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Renner and Mackin.

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What is the purpose of CUSS?

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To illustrate life stress and its cumulative nature.

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Stressful events can be ___ or ___.

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Adaptive or maladaptive.

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Chronic Stressor

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A source of stress that occurs continuously or repeatedly.

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Environmental Psychology

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Refers to the study of environmental effects of behaviour and health.

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Learning environments close to the airport.

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Higher blood pressure and gave up more easily on difficult problems.

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Glass and Singer 1972.

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Perceived Control.

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Perceived Control

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Expecting that you will have control over what happens to you has been found to be associated with effectiveness of dealing with stress.

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Another way to describe perceived control.

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Internal locus of control.

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Fight or Flight Response

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An emotional and physiological reaction to an emergency that increases readiness for action.

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Order for flight or flight response.

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Threat, hypothalamus, pituitary gland (ACTH), adrenal gland (epinephrine and norepinephrine), sympathetic increases and parasympathetic decreases.

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GAS stands for?

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Generalized Adaptation Syndrome.

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Generalized Adaptation Syndrome

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A three stage physiological stress response that appears regardless of the stressor that is encountered.

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Three stages of GAS.

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Alarm phase, Resistance phase, and Exhaustion.

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Alarm Phase

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The body rapidly mobilizes its resources to respond to a threat.

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Resistance Phase

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The body adapts to its high state of arousal to cope with stressors.

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Exhaustion

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If GAS continues for long enough, resistance depletes and causes damage.

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Immune System

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A complex response system that protects the body from bacteria, viruses, and other foreign substances.

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Psychoneuroimmunology

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The study of how immune system responds to psychological variables, such as stressors.

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Mouth wounds healed faster ___ than ___.

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On vacation than during exams.

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Friedman and Rosenman

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Identified Type A and C Behaviour Patterns.

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Type A Behaviour Pattern

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Easily aroused, hostile, impatient, sense of urgency, competitive.

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Type B Behaviour Pattern

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Work steady, enjoy achieving but do not mind losing, reflective and creative.

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Which personality type is more likely to suffer from a heart attack?

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A.

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Primary Appraisal

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The interpretation of a stimulus as stressful or not.

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Secondary Appraisal

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Determine whether the stressor is something you can handle or not.

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PTSD

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A stress disorder characterized by chronic psychological arousal, recurring unwanted thoughts or images of trauma, and avoidance of things that call the traumatic events to mind.

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Burnout

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A state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion created by long-term involvement in an emotionally demanding situation and accompanied by lowered performance and motivation.

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__% of people have felt overwhelmed at one point.

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92.

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Repressive Coping

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Avoiding situations of thoughts that are reminders of a stressor and maintaining an artificially positive viewpoint.

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Rational Coping

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Facing a stressor and working to its outcome.

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Three steps to rational coping:

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Acceptance, exposure, and understanding.

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Reframing

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Finding a new or creative way to think about a stressor that reduces its threat.

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What does SIT stand for?

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Stress Inoculation Training,

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Stress Inoculation Training

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A therapy that helps people to cope with stressful situations by developing positive ways to think about the situation.

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Body symptoms of stress.

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Muscle aches, back pain, knots in your stomach, sweaty hands, etc.

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Relaxation Therapy

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A technique for reducing tension by consciously relaxing muscles of the body.

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Biofeedback

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The use of an external monitoring device to obtain information about a bodily function and possibly gain control over the function.

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Why is aerobic exercise beneficial to stress management? (hint: hormone).

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Serotonin increases mood.

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Situation Management

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Involves changing your life situation as a way of reducing the impact of stress on your mind and body.

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Social Support

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Refers to aid gained through interacting with others.

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Social Response to Stress for Women. What hormone is a key factor?

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Tend and befriend. Oxytocin is a key factor.

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Social Response to Stress for Men.

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Isolation.

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Somatoform Disorders

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The set of psychological disorders in which the person displays physical symptoms not fully explained by a general medical condition.

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Hypochondriasis

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A psychological disorder in which a person is preoccupied with minor symptoms and develops an exaggerated belief that the symptoms signify a life-threatening illness.

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Conversion Disorder

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A disorder characterized by apparently debilitating physical symptoms that appear to be voluntary, but that the person experiences as involuntary.

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Sick Role

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A socially recognized set of rights and obligations linked with illness.

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According to Parsons, what are the three components of illness?

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Psychological, social, moral.

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Optimism tends to be ___ over time.

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Stable.

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Hardiness is a characteristic of stress-___ individuals.

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Resistant.

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Commitment

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Ability to become involved in life’s tasks and encounters rather than just dabbling.

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Control

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The expectation that their actions and words have a causal influence over their lives and environment.

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Challenge

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Undertaking the change and accepting opportunities for growth.

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Self Regulation

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The exercise of voluntary control over the self to bring the self into line with preferred standards.

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Illusion of Unique Invulnerability

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A systematic bias towards believing that they are less likely to fall victim to a problem than are others.

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