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an area within
psychology devoted to understanding:
Help people understand their own health and longevity, As well as the absence of disease. |
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positive state in which we feel
our best |
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the process of adjusting to
circumstances that disrupt our
equilibrium |
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events or situations to which
people must adjust |
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even good things can be
stressors
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Ex: Promotion, Vaction, Going to College |
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the stress of negative events
Ex: Divorce, illness, moving |
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sudden, unexpected,
possibly life-threatening experiences
Ex: 9/11, War, |
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involve
circumstances that create demand to
which people must adjust |
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continue over a long
period of time |
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include irritations, pressures
and annoyances |
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| hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis: |
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biological system activated in stress
response |
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| fight-or-flight response: |
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physiological preparation
for danger |
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| tend and befriend response: |
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tendency to
protect and care for offspring and form
social alliances in response to stress |
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| general adaptation syndrome |
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a three-stage
pattern of responses triggered by the effort to adapt
to any stressor |
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body prepares for longer, sustained attack
against stressor
immunity increases |
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nergy reserves depleted
physiological and immune systems fail
diseases of adaptation: illnesses caused or
worsened by stressors |
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sympathetic nervous system activated
energy directed to boosting physical
abilities immune system in high gear |
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process through which our
bodies adjust to predictable and
unpredictable events |
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| allostatic load theory of illness: |
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chronic
exposure to stress causes physiological
damage over time |
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intense pattern of physical and
psychological dysfunction in response to
stress |
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attempting to
prevent an emotional response to a stressor |
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taking direct
steps to solve the problem |
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looking
for positive aspects of current situation |
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some people are more stressresistant
than others
Ex: some people are more stressresistant
than others |
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the quality of our social
relationships |
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when other people
care about us we are better able to cope
with stress |
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