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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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| what are catecholamines and what happens to them during stress? |
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| biochemical that indicate the activation of emotional systems, they increase |
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| an emotional and psychological eaction to an emergency that increases readiness for action |
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| general adaptation syndrome |
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(GAS): a 3-stage psychological response that appears regardless of the stressor that is encountered
-alarm, resistance, and exhaustion |
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| chronic stress is a major contributor to what? |
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| coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis |
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| the tendency toward easily aroused hostility, impatience, a sense of time urgency, and competitive achievement strivings |
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| the interpretation of a stimulus as a stressful or not |
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| involves determining if the stressor is something one can handle (perceived as a threat or challenge) |
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| Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
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| (PTSD) a disorder characterized by chronic physiological arousal, recurrent unwanted thoughts or images of trauma, and avoidance of the things that call the traumatic event to mind |
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| PTSD is associated with what in the brain? |
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| amygdala and shrinkage of the hippocampus |
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| a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion created by long-term involvement in an emotionally demanding situation and accompanied by lower performance and motivation |
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| avoiding situations or thoughts that are reminders of a stressor and maintaining an artificially positive viewpoint |
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facing a stressor and working to overcome it
-acceptance, exposure, and understanding |
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| finding a new or creative way to think about a stressor that reduces its threat |
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| stress innculation training |
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| (SIT) a reframing technique that helps people to cope with stressful situations by developing positive ways to think about the situation |
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| a technique for reducing tension by occasionally relaxing muscles of the body |
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| a condition of the reduced muscle tension, cortical activity, heart rate, breathing rate, and blood pressure |
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| the use of an external monitoring device to obtain info about a bodily function and possibly gain control over that function |
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| what is an effect of aerobic exercise? |
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| involves changing your life situation as a way of reducing the impact of the stress on your mind and body |
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| aid gained through interacting with others |
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| What happens during the tend-and-befriend response? Who does it affect more? |
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| women, release of oxytocin |
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| an interaction between mind and body that can produce illness |
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| the set of psychological disorders in which the person displays physical symptoms not fully explained by a general medical condition |
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| 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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| a socially recognized set of rights and obligations linked with illness |
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| feigning medical or psychological symptoms to achieve something they want |
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| a coordinative adaptive set of reaction o illness by the brain |
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| What can also cause the sickness response? |
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the exercise of voluntary control over the self into line with preferred standards
-requires inner strength and willpower |
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