Unit 7 Pt 3: Stress And Health Flashcards
Behavioral Medicine
Field that combines knowledge of biomedical perspective and behavioral perspective to study and TREAT health and illness.
Behavioral Medicine is interchangeably used with
Psychiatry
Health psychology
Sub field of psychology that is used to contribute to behavioral medicine. Looks at psychological causes of illness and stress (cognitive, environment, social, behavioral, etc.)
What research is behavioral research?
Applied research
What research is health psychology?
Basic research
Stress
We respond to events, that apprise as threatening/challenging
APPRISE as threatening/challenging
Cognitive
Stressors
Events/things that stress us out
Stress can be harmful or helpful depending on your
Appraisal
What is activated in you feel stress?
Sympathetic nervous system and endocrine system
When sympathetic nervous system is activated
Norepinephrine is released
When endocrine system is activated
Adrenal glands release hormones: epinephrine (immediate stressor) OR
Cortsol(long term stressor)
Animals and humans tend to react to stress in
the same pattern
Hans Selye
Discovered the responsive cycle for how we react to stress which he named GAS
Hans Selye discovery’s name
General Adaptation Syndrome
Phase 1 of GAS: Alarm
Activation of sympathetic nervous system
Phase 2 of GAS: Resistance
Arousal remains high as you attempt to cope with the stressor “fight or flight”
Phase 3 of GAS: Exhaustion
Body becomes run down with constant stress which can leave you more vulnerable to illness or even death.
Neck starts to ache after studying is in which phase?
Phase 3: exhaustion
External locus of control
Not in control
Internal locus of control
In control
Catastrophes
Unavoidable natural disasters, etc.
Significant life changes
Loss of loved one, leaving home, loss of job, etc.
Everyday hassles
Traffic, long lines at grocery store, etc.
Stressful events are especially harmful if they’re perceived as
negative and uncontrollable
Those who feel stressful events are
Beyond their control are also more susceptible to illness and disease
The rat with no control over the stocks develops
Ulcers
Persistent day to day stress may lead to
Burnout
Burnout
Physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion brought on by persistent job related stress
Burnout is often common in
Teachers, nurses, and police officers
Leading cause of death in America in 1950s
Heart disease
Coronary heart disease
When vessels of heart are clogged which stops heart muscles from being nourished
Major factor in coronary heart disease
Stress
Coronary heart disease is with
Cortsol
Type A personality
Competitive, hard driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger prone people
Type B personality
Easy going, relaxed people
Which type of people are at greater risk for heart disease?
Type A people
Temperament
Is also a stress, being lifetime oriented
Immune system can either react
Too strongly or under react to harmful bodies
Over-reaction causes
Body attacks to its own tissue
Overreaction causes examples
Arthritis, allergies, lupus, M.S.
Under-reaction causes
harmful bodies to spread
Under-reaction causes example
Cancer
Stress can divert energy away from _________ ________ making illness _______ _______.
Immune systems, more likely
Aerobic exercise has ________ and ________ benefits.
Psychological, physical
Aerobic exercise benefits
Increases heart and lung fitness and may also help alleviate depression and anxiety.
Biofeedback
System for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back information regarding a subtle physiological state like blood pressure and muscle tension.
