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Test 3: Stress and Health Flashcards

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Stress

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the physical and psychological response to internal or external stressors.

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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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Chronic Stressors

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a source of stress that occurs continuously or repeatedly.

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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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More daily hassles associated with more psychological and physical ___

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stress

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Performance of children under flight path:

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higher BP and gave up more easily on difficult problems/puzzles.

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Stressors challenge individuals to take some action to _____ the stressor.

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eliminate or overcome

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Studies of perceived control show that ____ underlies stressors.

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loss of control

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Expecting to have control over what happens to you is associated with ___ with stress.

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dealing

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Stress activates a response through the ___

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HPA axis (hypothalamus, pituitary, adrenal)

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During stress, ____ AND ___ increase.

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catecholamines (epinephrine, norephinephrine) and cortisol

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catecholamines

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increase HR, BP, respiration rate

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cortisol

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increase glucose in blood to fuel muscles

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Flight-or-fight Response

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

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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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lymphocytes

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white blood cells that produce antibodies that fight infection. T cells, B cells, NK cells

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Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)

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study of how immune system responds to psychological variables like stressors.

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What causes heart disease

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  • Atherosclerosis
    - Plaques
  • Sedentary lifestyle
  • Smoking
  • High fat and high cholesterol diet
  • Chronic Stress
    • Sympathetic NS -> increase BP -> damages blood vessels ->accumulate plaques
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Type A behavior pattern

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  • the tendency toward easily aroused hostility, impatience, a sense of time urgency, and competitive achievement strivings.
  • 2/3 of men in study who had heart attacks were Type A, 1/3 of them were type B
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Friedman & Rosenman

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-Hostility predicts heart disease better than any other causal factor like smoking, diet, cholesterol

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Once a person is already sick, ____ emotions affect course of illness and recovery

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negative

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Feeling anxious, depressed, helpless…

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delays wound healing after surgery (feeling hopeful significantly speed up healing)

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Loneliness and worry….

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suppresses immune system, permiting existing viruses to erupt

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Depression after heart attack…

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significantly more likely to die from cardiac causes in succeeding year.

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Primary appraisal
is the interpretation of a stimulus as stressful or not.
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Secondary appraisal
evaluation of controllability of stressor and one’s coping resources (perceived as a threat or challenge).
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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
-chronic physiological arousal -recurrent unwanted thoughts or images of the trauma -avoidance of things that call the traumatic event to mind (reduced hippocampal volume increases susceptibility) -8% of Americans -People differ in response to trauma
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Burnout
- physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion - long-term involvement in an emotionally demanding situation - accompanied by lower performance and motivation
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Repressive coping
avoiding situations or thoughts that are reminders of a stressor and maintaining an artificially positive viewpoint.
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Rational coping
facing a stressor and working to overcome it.
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Acceptance
coming to realize that the stressor exists and cannot be wished away
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Exposure
attending to the stressor, thinking about it, and even seeking it out
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Understanding
working to find the meaning of the stressful events
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Exposure therapy
helping victims confront and think about what happened
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Reframing
finding a new or creative way to think about a stressor that reduces its threat.
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Pennebaker Research on Writing
Students who spent a few hours writing about their deepest thoughts and feelings were less likely to visit student health center, used less aspirin, and got better grades
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Relaxation therapy
- a technique for reducing tension by consciously relaxing muscles of the body. - Can’t be tense and relaxed at the same time.
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Relaxation Response
a condition of reduced muscle tension, cortical activity, heart rate, breathing rate, and blood pressure.
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Biofeedback
the use of an external monitoring device to obtain information about a bodily function and possibly gain control over that function.
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Aerobic exercise...
is associated with psychological well-being.
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Situation management
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
aid gained through interacting with others.
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Humor...
may help us cope with stress.
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Religion
appears to increase life expectancy by 2-3 years.
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Why does religion increase life expantancy?
- Social support - Religion tends to promote healthy behaviors - Relaxation component to prayer (yoga, mediation) - Hopefulness imbedded in most religions
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Sick role
- a socially recognized set of rights and obligations linked with illness. - Absolved of responsibility - Can get away with being rude, lazy, picky, demanding.
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malingering
-feigning medical or psychological symptoms to achieve something they want.
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____ for the patient to follow prescribed regimen of care is needed for effective medical care.
Physician empathy and motivation
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___ deteriorates when treatments are frequent and/or numerous, inconvenient , or painful.
Compliance
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People ___ in the degree in which they attend to and report bodily symptoms.
differ | -b/c differences in the areas of the brain activated during pain experiences.
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Psychosomatic illness
an interaction between mind and body that can produce illness.
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somatoform disorders
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
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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Personality characteristics of individuals with better health include:
- optimism (those who expect the best) - hardiness (those who are thick-skinned and stress-resistant; show a sense of commitment, believe in control, and accept challenges).
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Self-regulation
the exercise of voluntary control over the self to bring the self into line with preferred standards. requires inner strength and willpower, and may relate to strategy.
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Risk takers exhibit an illusion of ___when it comes to sexual behavior.
unique invulnerability and impulsivity

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