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Undergraduate 2
11/03/2008

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Stress
Definition
Physical and psychological response to internal or external stressors
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General adaptation syndrome
Definition
Three stage physiological response that appears regardless of the stressor that is encountered
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Type A behavior pattern
Definition
Tendency toward easily aroused hostility, impatience, sense of time urgency, and competitive achievement striving
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Posttraumatic stress disorder
Definition
Psychological disorder characterized by chronic physiological arousal, recurrent unwanted thoughts or images of the trauma, and avoidance of things that call the trauma to mind
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Rational coping
Definition
Facing a stressor and working to overcome it
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Reframing
Definition
Finding a new or creative way to think about a stressor that reduces its threat
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Stress inoculation training
Definition
A therapy that helps people to cope with stressful situations by developing positive ways to think about the situation
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Relaxation therapy
Definition
Technique for reducing tension by consciously relaxing muscles of the body
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Placebo effect
Definition
Clinically significant psychological or physiological response to a therapeutically inert substance or procedure
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Self-regulation
Definition
Exercise of voluntary control over the self to bring the self into line with preferred standards
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