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Psychology 100 Stress, Coping and Health Chapter

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Stress   Tension, discomfort, or physical symptoms that arise when a situation strains our ability to cope effectively  
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Stressor   Situation that strains our ability to cope effectively  
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Traumatic Event   Event severe enough to have the potential to produce long-term psychological or health consequences  
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Stress As Stimuli   Focus on identifying different types of stressful events  
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Stress as a Transaction   Focus on how people interpret and cope with stress  
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Primary Appraisal   Initial decision - is event harmful?  
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Secondary Appraisal   Given decision - how to cope?  
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Problem-Focused Coping   Tackle life's challenges head-on  
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Emotion-Focused Coping   Positive outlook on feelings or situations. Behaviors to reduce painful emotions  
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Stress as a Response   Focus on assessing psychological and physical reactions to stressful circumstances  
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Hassles   Minor annoyances or nuisances that strain our ability to cope  
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Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)   Stress-response pattern consisting of alarm, resistance, and exhaustion stages  
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Alarm Reaction   Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis arousal  
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Resistance Stage   Adapting to stressor and finding ways to cope with it  
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Tend and Befriend   Some people nurture or seek social support under stress  
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder   Psychological condition that may follow trauma which involves: vivid flashbacks, efforts to avoid reminders of the trauma, feelings of detachment, increased arousal  
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Brain-Body Reaction to Stress   Suggestion alone can produce an uncomfortable rash much like that produced by poison ivy in people who are highly sensitive to it.  
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The Immune System   Body's defense system against invading bacteria, viruses, and other potentially illness-producing organisms and substances  
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Phagocytes   Consists of Neutrophils and Macrophages  
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Neutrophils   Engulfs invaders  
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Macrophages   Eat antigens, waste  
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Lymphocytes   Consists of T Cells and B Cells  
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T Cells   "KIller T"; pop infected cells  
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B Cells   Produce antibodies, which flag invaders for destruction  
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)   Life-threatening, incurable (yet treatable) condition in which the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attacks and damages the immune system  
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Psychoneuroimmunology   Study of the relationship between the immune system and the central nervous system  
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Biopsychosocial Perspective   An illness or medical condition is produced by the interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors  
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Psychophysiological   Illness in which emotions and stress contribute to, maintain, or aggravate the physical condition  
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Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)   Damage to the heart from blockage of the arteries that provide oxygen to the heart  
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Social Support   Relationships with people and groups that can provide us with emotional comfort and personal and financial resources  
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Behavioral Control   Problem-focused coping is more effective than avoidance oriented coping  
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Cognitive Control   Cognitive restructuring allows people to think differently about negative emotions  
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Decisional Control   Ability to choose among alternative courses of action  
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Informational Control   Proactive coping-anticipation of problems and stressful situations that promotes effective coping  
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Emotional Control   Ability to suppress and express emotions  
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Catharsis   Expressing what we feel  
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Flexible Coping   Instructing somebody NOT to think of something makes them think about it more  
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Hardiness   Set of attitudes marked by a sense of control over events, commitment to life and work, and courage and motivation to confront stressful events  
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Optimism   Associated with lower mortality, fewer physical complaints, less distress  
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Self-enhancement   People who are self-centered adjust well  
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Spirituality and Religious Involvement   Search for the sacred, which may or may not extend to belief in God  
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Rumination   Focusing on negative feelings related to problems, and analyzing causes and consequences of problems  
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