Intro to Psych: Chapter 32 – Flashcards
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Increased HR, body temp, and breathing rates all result from the (blank) nervous system
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Sympathetic
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The General Adaptation syndrome describes stages in the...
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Body's response to prolonged stress
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The third phase of the General Adaptation Syndrome is characterized by...
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Exhaustion
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Health Psychology
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Sub-field of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to the prevention and treatment of illness
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Keeping anger inside rather than expressing it is
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Overcontrolled hostility
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Stress
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The process by which we appraise and respond to challenging events, reaction
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Planning a wedding is an example of...
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Positive stressor
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`Stress inculation training
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Stress that can build up resiliency
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Stressor
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Thing that applies the tension
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Eustress
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Feeling of fulfillment, good stress
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Distress
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Bad feeling, tension
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Stress can be helpful if...
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Short-lived, feels manageable, realistic expectations
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General Adaptation Syndrome
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Three phase of response by Hans Selye
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Phase 1
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alarm and reaction/immediate response (fight or flight)
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Phase 2
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resistance phase (adaptation phase), stressors over time, a semester of hard classes
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Phase 3
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exhaustion phase: emotionally/physically, when burnout happens, immune system breakdown, heart attacks, weeks/months/years
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Adrenal Glands (above kidneys) release
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norpinephrine (noradrenaline), epinephrine (adrenaline), Cortisol (weight gain)
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Behavioral Medicine
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Newer career field, interdisciplinary, looks at disease from different perspectives
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Psychoneuroimmunology
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Looks at disease and the way it effects you, how you handle the stress
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Stress on immune system
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reduced body healing, increases chances of cold, linked with heart disease, not cause but can make conditions worse
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Type A vs Type B
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Type A is competitive, overachieving, easily-annoyed, Type B is calm, easy-going
