Test 3 (stress) Flashcards
Four kinds of stressors
Catastrophic events (fall of economy)
Life changes (change in job)
Chronic stressors(bad car/relationship)
Daily hassles (icing on the cake)
Swinson stress model
We all have reserved slice.
Negative emotions and health-related consequences
Poor health High blood pressure Low immune system Weight gain and how we carrier store fat Fast aging Poor memory Cholesterol problems Reproductive system
Psychoneuroimmunology
Study of how psychological, neural and doctrine processes combine to affect our immune system and health
Tend and befriend response
People often provide support to others and bond with and seek support from others
Feel good do good phenomenon
I tendency to be helpful when we’re already in a good mood
Subjective well-being
Self perceived happiness or satisfaction with life; usually used along with measures of objective will being
(If I made it through this…)
Relative deprivation
The perception that we are worse off relative to those we compare selves to
(No one can understand what I’m feeling now)
Personal control
External locus of control
(outside forces, fate, or chance control most things)
Internal locus of control
(we control most things)
Problem focused coping
Directly changing or managing stressors
Emotion focused coping
Changing the way we view a stressor
Things that help stress
Relaxation Hobbies Social support Spirituality Exercise Sleep Diet Task/time management Learn to manage emotions Mindfulness, optimism, gratitude (be in the moment, be positive, be grateful)
Resilience (grit)
The personal strength that helps most people cope with stress and recover from adversity and even trauma
Stress
The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging
