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| any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to threaten one’s well-being and tax one’s ability to cope. |
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| experienced multiple times a day |
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| have deleterious effects on us psychologically as well as physically. (you are the victim of a crime, parent dies, divorce, injury or serious illness) |
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| also be damaging because their effects tend to accumulate |
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| ability to respond successfully to stressfull situation. how one subjectively judges the events that might lead to stress. |
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| looked at how one’s appraisal (explanatory style) of stressful events affects the impact these events have upon us. |
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| Frustration (events that cause stress) |
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| the negative psychological experience that results from the progress toward some expected goal being blocked, thwarted, or delayed. |
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| The Frustration Effect (FE) |
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| the behavior that immediately follows frustration is likely to be elevated in energy level. |
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| Frustration-Induced Aggression |
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| hostility directed toward the object or person that has prevented us from reaching our goal. |
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| when two of more incompatible motivations or behavioral impulses compete for expression |
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| big changes in ones living circumstances that require adjustments in ones life style |
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| expectations or demands of others that we behave in a particular way |
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| General Adaptation Syndrome |
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-model of the body’s response to stress
-Stage 1. The Alarm Reaction characterized by sympathetic arousal as the body marshals its resources to respond to the stressful circumstances (fight-or-flight).
-Stage 2. The Stage of Resistance – coping efforts get underway as the body works to overcome the source of stress.
-Stage 3. The Stage of Exhaustion – with prolonged stress, the body’s resources become depleted, the subject weakens, the immune reaction becomes compromised, cessation of efforts, collapse, death. |
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| 100 years ago, the major causes of death in America were infectious diseases. Today, the major reasons that people get sick are due to (or heavily influenced by) decisions we make about the way we live our lives. |
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physical ailments can be traced to a psychological origin. The mind can affect the body in unhealthy ways.
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Ulcers
Hypertension
Heart Disease
Skin Disorders |
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physiological symptoms with no demonstrable physical change in the body.
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Hysteria
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
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| Psychogenic Immune Deficiency |
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-numerous disorders are tied to reduced immune reactions which may have a psychological origin.
-People that have Depression, Pessimism, or Anger are more likely to develop a host of different diseases. |
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| Health-Impairing Behaviors |
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people greatly increase their likelihood of disease or premature death by engaging in self- destructive behaviors.
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Smoking
Excessive Alcohol Consumption
Poor Food Choices
Lack of Exercise
Risky Sexual Activity |
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