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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
03/01/2011

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Term
biopsychosocial model
Definition
  • biological factors
    • behavioral factors
    •  social conditions
Term
Health psychology
Definition

an area within
psychology devoted to understanding:

 

Help people understand their own health and longevity, As well as the absence of disease.

Term
well-being
Definition
positive state in which we feel
our best
Term
stress
Definition
the process of adjusting to
circumstances that disrupt our
equilibrium
Term
Stressors
Definition
events or situations to which
people must adjust
Term
eustress
Definition

even good things can be
stressors
it

 

Ex: Promotion, Vaction,  Going to College

Term
distress
Definition

the stress of negative events

 

 

Ex: Divorce, illness, moving

Term
catastrophic events
Definition

sudden, unexpected,
possibly life-threatening experiences

 

 

Ex: 9/11, War,

Term
life changes and strains
Definition
involve
circumstances that create demand to
which people must adjust
Term
Chronic Stressors
Definition
continue over a long
period of time
Term
daily hassles
Definition
include irritations, pressures
and annoyances
Term
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis:
Definition
biological system activated in stress
response
Term
fight-or-flight response:
Definition
physiological preparation
for danger
Term
tend and befriend response:
Definition
tendency to
protect and care for offspring and form
social alliances in response to stress
Term
general adaptation syndrome
Definition
a three-stage
pattern of responses triggered by the effort to adapt
to any stressor
Term
resistance stage
Definition
body prepares for longer, sustained attack
against stressor
 immunity increases
Term
exhaustion stage:
Definition
nergy reserves depleted
 physiological and immune systems fail
diseases of adaptation: illnesses caused or
worsened by stressors
Term
alarm stage
Definition
sympathetic nervous system activated
 energy directed to boosting physical
abilities immune system in high gear
Term
allostasis: 
Definition
process through which our
bodies adjust to predictable and
unpredictable events
Term
allostatic load theory of illness:
Definition
chronic
exposure to stress causes physiological
damage over time
Term
burnout:
Definition
intense pattern of physical and
psychological dysfunction in response to
stress
Term
emotion-focused coping:
Definition
attempting to
prevent an emotional response to a stressor
Term
problem-focused coping:
Definition
taking direct
steps to solve the problem
Term
positive reappraisal:
Definition
looking
for positive aspects of current situation
Term
hardiness:
Definition

some people are more stressresistant
than others

 

Ex: some people are more stressresistant
than others

Term
social integration:
Definition
the quality of our social
relationships
Term
buffering hypothesis:
Definition
when other people
care about us we are better able to cope
with stress
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