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| an interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral & medical knowledge & applies that knowledge to health & disease |
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| a subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine. |
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| the process by which we perceive & respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or a challenge. |
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| certain events that we appraise as threatening or a challenge. |
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| stress response is part of a unified mind-body system. Fight or flight. |
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| stress hormones secreted by the outer parts of adrenal glands. |
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| stress hormone (glucocorticoid) |
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| general adaptation syndrome (GAS) |
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| Hans Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stree in three stages---alarm, resistance, exhaustion |
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| alarm reaction (GAS stage) |
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| sudden activation of sympathetic nervous system. (SNS) |
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| resistance reaction (GAS stage) |
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| body temp, BP, & respiration remain high, sudden outpouring of hormones. |
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| exhaustion reaction (GAS stage) |
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| the body's reserves depleted. vulnerable to illness & sudden collapse or death. |
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| shorter bits of DNA at the end of chromosomes. When they are too shore the cell can not reproduce/divide and will die. |
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| unpredictable, large-scale events. (war, natural disaster, etc) |
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| the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle. is the leading cause of death in many developed countries. |
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| Friedman & Rosenman's term for competitive, hard driven, impatient, verbally aggressive & anger-prone people. |
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| F & R's term for easy going, relaxed people. |
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type C personality
(from different book) |
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| pleasant but repressed person, who tends to internalize his or her anger and anxiety and who finds expressing emotions difficult. |
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hardy personality
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| a person who seems to thrive on stress but lacks the anger and hostility of the Type A personality. |
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| psychologically caused physical symptoms. Not widely used term as it implies the symptoms are not real. |
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| psychophysiological illness |
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| literally, "mind-body" illness; any stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension & some headaches. NOTE: this is distinct from hypochondriasis → misinterpreting normal physical sensations as a symptom of disease. |
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| misinterpreting normal physical sensations as a symptom of disease. |
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| the two types of white blood cells that are part of the body's immune system: B Lymphocytes → form in the bone marrow & release antibodies that fight bacterial infections. T Lymphocytes → form in the thalamus & other lymphatic tissue & attack cancer cells, viruses, & foreign substances. |
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| form in the bone marrow & release antibodies that fight bacterial infections. |
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| form in the thalamus & other lymphatic tissue & attack cancer cells, viruses, & foreign substances. |
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| another agent of the immune system. "Big Eater" identifies, pursues, and ingests harmful invaders. |
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| acquired immune deficiency syndrome. |
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| Human immunodeficiency virus. Causes AIDS. |
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| cancer producing substance |
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| Robert Ader & Nicholas Cohen |
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can condition immune system & "trick" it into attacking. Experimented on rats.
US (drug) → UR (immune suppression)
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CS (sweetened water) + US (drug) → UR (immune suppression)
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US (drug) → UR (immune suppression)
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CS (sweetened water) + US (drug) → UR (immune suppression)
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CS (sweetened water) → CR (immune suppression) |
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| How immune system is conditioned to be suppressed. |
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| alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods. |
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| attempting to alleviate stress directly- by changing the stressor or the way we interact with the stressor. |
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| attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor & attending to emotional needs related to one's stress reaction. |
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| thinking you have the ability to control a situation |
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| optimists cope better than pessimists. |
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| people who expect positive outcomes. |
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| people who expect negative outcomes. |
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| a movement started by Martin Seligman, the developer of learned helplessness |
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| sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; may also alleviate stress and anxiety. |
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| a system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back information regarding a subtle physiological state, such as BP or muscle tension. |
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