Test 4 Flashcards
Biopsychosocial Model
a model of health that integrates the effects of biological behavioral, and social factors on health and illness
Anorexia Nervosa
severely restricted eating
Bulimia Nervousa
episodes of binging followed by purging (vomit, excessive exercise)
Binge-Eating Disorder
Periods of high consumption iwth feel of loss of control
Stress
Perceived threat to well being.
Stressor
An environmental event or stimulus that threatens an organism
Stress Response
Physical, behavioral, and / or psychological responses to stressors
Major life Stressors
Large disruptions, especially unpredictable and uncontrollable catastrophic events that affect central areas of peoples lives
Daily Hassels
Everyday irritations that cause small disruptions. The effects of which can add up to a large impact on health
General Adaptation Syndrome
A consistent pattern of physical responses to stress that consists of 3 stages: Alarm, Resistance, and exhaustion.
Stressor Introduced. We have an alarm reaction. Body tried to resist stress. If stress is removed, body goes back to normal. If stress contunites, body loses ability to resist (exhaustion stage).
Type A Behavior Pattern
Personality traits characterized by competitiveness, achievement, orientation, aggressiveness, hostility, restlessness, impatience with others, and inability to relax
Type B Behavior Pattern
Personality traits characterized by being noncompetitive, relaxed, easygoing, and accommodatin
Emotion-Focused Coping
A type of coping in which people try to prevent having emotional response to a stressor
Problem-Focused Coping
A type of coping where people take direct steps to confront or minimize a stressor
Personality
The characteristic thoughts, emotional responses, and behaviors that are relatively stable in an individual over time and across circumstances
Psychodynamic Theory
Freudian theory that unconscious forces determine behavior
Behavior is driven by three forces. 1. Conscious- what were aware of. 2 Precociousness- not currently thinking of but can easily be brought to mind if you’re prompter ex) family vacation from when you’re little.. 3. Unconscious- bulk of out mind, things we are not aware of ex) child going to hospital had to be separation from parents now has separation.
Id
In psychodynamic theory, the component of personality that is completely submerged in the unconscious and operates according to the pleasure
principle.
Do what feels good now ex) sitting in class hungry-> leave class immediately to go eat
Superego
In psychodynamic theory, the component of personality that reflects the internalization of societal and parental standards of conduct.
represents our conscious - tells us what is right v. wrong.
ex) If youre going to get a snack its going to be after class and healthy
Ego
In psychodynamic theory, the component of personality that tries to satisfy the wishes of the id while being responsive to the superego.
organized, rational, planful. instead of getting up now, wait until class is over
Defense Mechanisms
Unconscious mental strategies that the mind uses to protect itself from distress
Humanistic Approaches
Ways of studying personality that emphasize self-actualization where people seek to fulfill their potential through greater self-understanding
Trait Approaches
Ways of studying personality that are based on peoples characteristics, their tendencies to act in a certain way overtime ,and across circumstances
Temperament
Biologically based tendency to feel or act in certain ways