week 8

Question 1

health care psychology

Answer 1

a field focused on understanding how psychological factors affect health and illness and which interventions help maintain health and combat illness

Question 2

stress

Answer 2

the process of adjusting to circumstances that disrupt or threaten to disrupt a person’s daily functioning

Question 3

stressors

Answer 3

events or situations to which people must adjust

Question 4

stress- reactions

Answer 4

physical and psychological reactions to stressors

Question 5

fight-flight reaction

Answer 5

physical reactions triggered by the sympathetic nervous system that prepare the body to fight or run from a threatening situation

Question 6

General adaptation syndrome (GPS)

Answer 6

a three-stage pattern of responses triggered by the effort to adapt to stressors

Question 7

Diseases of adaptation

Answer 7

illnesses caused or worsened by stressors

Question 8

Social support

Answer 8

the friends and social contacts on whom one can depend for help and support

Question 9

Psychoneuroimmunology

Answer 9

the field that examines the intersection of psychological and physiological processes affecting the body’s ability to defend itself against disease

Question 10

Immune system

Answer 10

the body’s first line of biological defense against invading substances and microorganisms

Question 11

inflammation

Answer 11

an immune system response that combats infectious agents and helps to heal injuries

Question 12

health promotion

Answer 12

the process of altering or eliminating behaviors that pose risks to health and, at the same time, fostering healthier behavior patterns