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| A response elicited when a situation overwhelms a person's perceived ability to meet the demands of a situation |
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| Events that trigger a stress response |
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| Quick assessment of the meaning of a given environmental event for the individual. |
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| The hormonal systems involved in emotions and stress. |
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| Hormones that control ANS activation. |
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| Self-assessment of the resources available to cope with stress. |
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| Hormones responsible for maintaining the activation of physiological systems during emergencies. |
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| A neurotransmitter that activates the sympathetic responses to stress increasing heart rate, rate of respiration, and blood pressure in support of rapid action. |
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| Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal(HPA) axis |
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| A major neuro-endocrine pathway relevant to the stress response involving the hypothlamus, pituitary gland, and the adrenal cortex. |
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| A major neuroendocrine pathway stimulated during stress in which the hypothalamus activates the sympathetic nervous system. |
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| The stress hormone; it is produced by the body to mobilize the body's energy resources during stressful situations. |
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| The phase of the general adaptation syndrome in which all of the body's resources respond to a perceived threat. |
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| General adaptation syndrome (GAS) |
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| As defined by Hans Selye, a generalized, nonspecific set of changes in the body that occur during extreme stress. |
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| In the general adaptation syndrome, extended effort by the body to deal with a threat. |
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| The phase of the general adaptation syndrome when all resources for fighting the threat have been depleted and illness is more likely. |
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| Process by which the body achieves stability through physiological change. |
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| Act of dealing with stress or emotions. |
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| Way of dealing with stress that aims to change the situation that is creating stress. |
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| Way of dealing with stress that aims to regulate the experience of distress. |
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| Way of coping with stress through writing or talking about the situation. |
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| The idea that emotional factors can lead to the occurrence or worsening of illness. |
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| The study of psychological factors related to health and illness. |
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| Physiological reactivity model |
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| Explanation for the causal role of stress-related bodily changes in illness. |
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| Explanation for illness or health that focuses on the role of behaviors such as diet, exercises, and substance abuse. |
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| The heart, blood, and all the blood vessels. |
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| Psychoneuro-immunology (PNI) |
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| The science of how psychological factors relate to changes in the immune system. |
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| Any foreign substance that triggers an immune response. |
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| Form of immunity that is the first response to antigens. |
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| Immunity provided by antibodies or cells produced in the body in response to specific antigens. |
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| The immune response that occurse when the T lymphocytes (T Cells) fight antigens. |
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| A way of responding to challenge or stress, characterized by hostility, impatience, competitiveness, and time urgency. |
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| Cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) model |
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| Hypothesis that hostility can increase the likelihood of heart disease through at least two different pathways. |
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| An eating disorder in which people cannot maintain 85% of their deal body weight for their height, have an intense fear of eating, and have a distorted body image. |
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| An eating disorder characterized by binge eating and a perceived lack of control during the eating session. |
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