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Stress & Health
Vocab from the Understanding Psychology textbook
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Psychology
11th Grade
01/26/2010

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Approach-Approach
Definition
conflict between 2 attractive options
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Approach-Avoidance
Definition
a situation that has both good and bad consequences
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Avoidance-Avoidance
Definition
conflict between 2 unattractive choices
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Conflict Situation
Definition
when a person must chose from 2 or more options
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Distress
Definition
stress that is negative, develops from anxiety or pressure
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Double Approach-Avoidance
Definition
Multiple options that all have pleasurable and disagreeable aspects
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Eustress
Definition
positive stress, results from motivation
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Hassels
Definition
common stressors
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Primary Appraisal
Definition
our immediate evaluation of a situation
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Social support
Definition
information that leads someone to feel they are loved, respected, and part of a group
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Stress
Definition
a persons reaction to their inability to cope w/ a certain situation
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Stress reaction
Definition
the bodys response to a stressor
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Stressor
Definition
stress producing event
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anger
Definition
reaction caused by frustration
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anxiety
Definition
general feeling of danger
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autonomy
Definition
ability to takecare of oneself and make one's own decisions
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biofeedback
Definition
learning to control bodily states by monitoring the states to be controlled
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cognitive appraisal
Definition
interpretation of an event that helps determine its stress impact
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comparable worth
Definition
concept that women and men should receive equal pay for equal jobs
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denial
Definition
coping mechanism in which a person decides that the event is not a stressor
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developmental friendships
Definition
friends force eachother to reexamine their beliefs and perhaps adopt new ones
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emotional support
Definition
forms a basis for offering affection and boosted stressed person's self confidence
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fear
Definition
reaction when a stressor involves danger
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general adaption syndrome
Definition
3 stages in body's stress reaction: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion
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intellectualization
Definition
the person analyzes a situation from an emotionally detached viewpoint
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meditation
Definition
clearing ones mind & finding "inner Peace"
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progressive relaxation
Definition
lying down & tensings & releasing each muscle group, one at a time
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resynthesis
Definition
combining old ideas w/ new ones and reorganizing feelings in order to renew one's identity
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secondary appraisal
Definition
involves deciding how to deal w/ a potentially stressful situation
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uplifts
Definition
positive things that prevent stress
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