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Stress and Physical Health
Psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
04/10/2013

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Stress
Definition
A complex set of reactions made by an individual under pressure to adapt
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Stressor
Definition
the source of stress
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approach-approach conflict
Definition
a situation in which an organism is caught between two or more alternatives and each of them is positive, or potenitially
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avoidance-avoidance conflict
Definition
a situation in which a person is faced with several alternatives, each of them negative or in some way punishing
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approach-avoidance conflict
Definition
a situatoin in which a person is faced with only one goal and would like to reach than goal, but at the same time would like not to.
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frustration
Definition
is the blocking or thwarting of goal-directed behavior-blocking that may be total and permanent or partial and temporary.
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Multiple approach-avoidance conflict
Definition
a situation in which an individual is faced with a number of alternatives, each one of which is at the same time and in some way both positive and negative.
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Socioeconomic status
Definition
a measure that reflects income, ducation level, and occupation.
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General adaptation syndrome
Definition
the most weidely accepted description of the psysiological reations to chronic stressors, including alarm, resistrance, and exhaustoin stages
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Hans Selye
Definition
_____'s General Adaptation Syndrome
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Alarm
Definition
first response to the perception of a stressor
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Resistance
Definition
Second stage of GAS
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Emotion-focused Strategies
Definition
techniques that deal with how one feels and how to change the way one feels when dealing with stress and stressors
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Problem-focused strategies
Definition
techniques that deal with finding the underlying situation that is causing one's stress and taking steps to deal with it
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Biofeedback
Definition
the technique of providing information about internal bodily processes in such a form that the person might be able to modify those processes
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Frustration-aggression hypothesis
Definition
the claim(now discredited) that frustration can produce several different reactions, including agression, but that aggression was always caused by frustration
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anxiety
Definition
a general feeling of tension, apprehension, and dread that involves predicable physiological changes.
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Type A behavior pattern
Definition
competitive, achievement oriented, impatient individual who typically works at many tasks at the same time, is easily aroused, and is often hostile or angry
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Type B behavior
Definition
relaxed and easygoing personality
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