Stress, Lifestyle, & Health

Question 1

Alarm Reaction

Answer 1

1st Stage of General adaption syndrome characterized as the bodies immediate physiological reaction to a threatening situation or some other emergency.

Question 2

Asthma

Answer 2

Psychological disorder in which the airways of the respiratory system become obstructed

Question 3

Biofeedback

Answer 3

Stress-reduction technique using electronic equipment to measure a person’s involuntary activity and provides feedback to help the person gain a level of voluntary control over these processes

Question 4

Coping

Answer 4

Mental or behavioral efforts used to manage problems relating to stress, including its cause and unpleasant feelings and emotions

Question 5

Cortisol

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Stress hormone released by the adrenal glands when encountering a stressor. Helps provide a boost of energy.

Question 6

Daily Hassels

Answer 6

Minor Irritations and annoyances that are part of everyday lives

Question 7

Distress

Answer 7

Bad form or stress. Leads to exhaustion. Erosions in performance and health

Question 8

Eustress

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Good form of stress ; lot to moderate intensity. Associated with positive feelings

Question 9

Flight-Or-Flight

Answer 9

Set of physiological reactions that occur when and individual encounters a perceived threat

Question 10

Flow

Answer 10

State involving intense engagement in an activity

Question 11

General Adaptation Syndrome

Answer 11

Hans Selye’s 3 stage model of the body’s physiological reactions to stress and the process of stress adaptation

Question 12

Happiness

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Enduring state of mind consisting of joy, contentment, and other positive emotions.

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Health Psychology

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Subfield of psychology devoted to studying psychological influences on health, illness, and how people respond when they become ill.

Question 14

Heart Diesease

Answer 14

Several Types of adverse heart conditions

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Hypertension

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High Blood Presure

Question 16

Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) Axis

Answer 16

set of structures found in both the limbic system (Hypothalamus) and endocrine system (Pituitary gland and adrenal glands) that regulate many of the body’s physiological reactions to stress through the release of hormones

Question 17

Immune System

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Various structures, cells, and mechnanisms that protect the body from foreign substances that can damage the bodies tissues and organs

Question 18

Immunosuppression

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Decreased effectiveness of the immune system

Question 19

Job Burnout

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Emotional Exhaustion to a a job. 3 stage to exhaustion, :Depersonalization, diminished personal accomplishment.

Question 20

Job strain

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Work situation involving the combination of excessive job demands and workload with little decision making and latitude or job control

Question 21

Lymphocyte

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White blood cell that circulates in the body’s fluid

Question 22

Negative affectivity

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Tendency to experience distressed emotional states involving anger, contempt, digust, guilt, fear, and nervousness.

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Optimism

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Tendency toward a positive outlook and positive expectation

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Perceived Control

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People’s beliefs concerning their capacity to influence and shape outcome in their lives

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Positive affect

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State or a trait that involves pleasurable engagement with the environment, Includes happiness, joy, enthusiasm, alertness, and excitement.

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Positive Psychology

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Scientific area of study seeking to identify and promote those qualities that lead to happy, fulfilled and contended lives

Question 27

Primary Appraisal

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Judgement about the degree of potential harm or threat to well-being that a stressor might entail.

Question 28

Psychoneuroimmunlogy

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Field of study how psychological factors such as stress influence the immune system and immune functioning.

Question 29

Psychophysiological disorders

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Physical disorders or diseases in which symptoms are worsened by stress and emotional factors

Question 30

Relaxation response technique

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Stress reduction technique combining elements of relaxation and meditation.

Question 31

Secondary Appraisal

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Judgement of options available to cope with a stressor and their potential effectiveness

Question 32

Social Readjustment rating scale (SRRS)

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Scale that measures stress. 43 potential stressful events

Question 33

Social Support

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Soothing and often beneficial support of others

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Stage of exhaustion

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Third Stage of general adaptation syndrome the body’s adaptation

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Stage if resistance

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Second stage of the general adaptation syndrome. body adapts to a stressor for a period of time

Question 36

Stress

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Process whereby an individual perceives and responds to events that one appraises as challenging or threatening

Question 37

Stressors

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Environmental events that may be judged as threatening or demanding; stimuli that initiate the stress process

Question 38

Type A

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Competitive

Question 39

Type B

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