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AP psych chp. 14 flashcards
stress and health
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Psychology
11th Grade
05/01/2013

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Behavioral Medicine
Definition
An interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease.
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Health Psychology
Definition
A subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine.
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Stress
Definition
The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging.
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General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
Definition
Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three stages- alarm, resistance, exhaustion (ARE).
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Coronary Heart Disease
Definition
The clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle (semicolon -insert-) the leading cause of death in many developed countries.
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Type A
Definition
Friedman and Rosenman's term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people
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Type B
Definition
Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people.
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Psychophysiological Illness
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Literally, "mind-body" illness; any stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches. (Note: This is distinct from hypochondriasis- misinterpreting normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease.)
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Lymphocytes
Definition
The two types of white blood cells that are part of the body's immune system: B lymphocytes form in the bone marrow and release antibodies that fight bacterial infections; T lymphocytes form in the thymus and other lymphatic tissue and attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances.
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Coping
Definition
Alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods
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Problem-Focused Coping
Definition
Attempting to alleviate stress directly- by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor.
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Emotion-Focused Coping
Definition
Attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one's stress reaction.
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Aerobic Exercise
Definition
Sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; may also alleviate depression and anxiety.
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Biofeedback
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A system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back information regarding a subtle physiological state, such as blood pressure or muscle tension.
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Definition
Unproven health care treatments not taught widely in medical schools, not used in hospitals, and not usually reimbursed by insurance companies
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