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Stress Flashcards

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1
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What is stress?

A

The general response of the body to the perceived demands on the body

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Cognitive appraisal was made by

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Richard Lazarus

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What are the two stages of cognitive appraisal

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Primary: what’s going on
Secondary: what you gunna do about it

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4
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Health psychology is

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How mental processes affect the immune system

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Biopsychosocial model is

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Health influenced by biological, psychological, and social factors

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6
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Source of stress

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Stressor

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Ability to cope

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Resiliency

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8
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2 Major sources of stressors

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Frustration and Conflict

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Frustration

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The negative emotional state when one is blocked from reaching a goal

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5 reactions to frustration

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Persistence
Circumvention
Direct aggression
Displaced aggression
Withdrawal/ escap
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11
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Conflict is aka

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Decision making

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4 types of conflicts

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Approach-approach; two positives
Avoidance-avoidance; two negatives
Approach-avoidance; short term pleasure for long term consequences
Double approach avoidance; both has positive and negatives

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5 other stressors

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Major life events
Traumatic events
Daily hassles
Work stress
Social/ cultural stress
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Fight vs. flight is by

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Walter Cannon

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15
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Who made the General Adaptation Syndrome

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Hans Selye

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16
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What are the stages of GAS

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Alarm reaction; symptoms of illness
Stage of Resistance; outward symptoms disappear
Stage of Exhaustion; lead to psychosomatic illness

17
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Stress and Aging by who and what does it mean

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Hans Selye; means loss of energy to cope = age

18
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Psychoneuroimmunology

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How immune system impacts mind and behavior

19
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Psychosomaticeillness disorders

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Real illnesses where stress is a factor

20
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The Cardiac Personality

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Type A= high risk of heart attack, time urgency, chronic anger or hostility

21
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What are three ways to deal with stress

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Problem focused coping
Emotion focused coping
Defense mechanisms

22
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What are 8 types of defense mechanisms

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Denial
Repression
Reaction formation
Regression
Projection
Rationalization
Compensation
Sublimation
23
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Progressive relaxation

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Slowly relaxing body parts one at a time

24
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Guided imagery

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Imagine a relaxing pictures

25
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Coping with frustration by who and what is it

A

Martin Seligman; learned helplessness

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