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| field of psychological science concerned with the events that affect physical well-being |
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| a model that illustrates that health and illness come from a combination of factors |
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| believing that you will get better can lead to improved health even if the treatment is inert |
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| a pattern of behavioural and physiological responses that match or exceed a person's ability to respond in a health way |
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| stress occuring as a result of happy events |
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| stress resulting from negative events |
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| environment or stimlus that threatens an organism |
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| stress-brain-hypothalamus-pituitary gland-adrenal gland-cortisol-energy (damage to memory neurons) |
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| male dominant response to stress |
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| female response to stress (adaptive) |
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| general adaptation syndrome |
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1. alarm
2. resistance
3. exhaustion
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| investigates how stress impacts immune system |
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| hormone important for bonding, released in females while stressed |
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| excessive competitiveness, feeling pressured, impatiant, accelerated speech, anger/hostility |
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| relaxed attitude, less competitive, easy going |
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| a negative emtion affecting health (particularly coronary heart disease) |
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| allostatic load theory of illness |
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| when people are continually stressed they are unable to return to bodily states that characterize normal stress |
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| determine if a stimulus is stressful |
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| decide how to cope with the stressor |
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| person tries to prevent emotional response, avoidance, minimize prob |
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| taking direct steps to solve prob, generating solutions, cost vs benefit |
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| focus on the good things of current situation |
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| comparing oneself to those who are worse off |
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| creation of positive events |
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| infusing ordinary events or stressful events with positive meaning |
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| commitment, challenge, control (adaptive) |
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| body mass index, body weight to height |
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| genetic predisposition to obesity (%) |
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| repeatedly shown to be ineffective due, in part, to our biological set-point |
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| engaging in overeating, often because of perception of failing at diet |
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| 3 components to being happy |
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1. positive emotion and pleasure
2. engagement in life
3. meaningful life |
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| founders of humanist psychology |
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| emphasizes the strengths and virtues that help people thrive, understanding what makes people happy |
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| longitudinal study of nuns and the link between writting proficiency and alzheimers |
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| the idea that other people can provide direct support in helping individuals coping with stressful events |
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| positive emotions (benefits) |
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| predict better health, longevity, inhanced immune system |
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| the quality of peoples social relationships |
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