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Psych Quiz 5 Fill In The Blanks

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In each blank, try to type in the word that is missing. If you've typed in the correct word, the blank will turn green.

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When you are all done, you should look back over all your answers and review the ones in red. These ones in red are the ones which you needed help on.
Question: occurs when:Answer: an , or occasionally internal, force of some kind acts upon a specific object or being
Question: What are some of stress?Answer: elastic tension, , and expansion
Question: Bigger than Life Answer: exaggeration of ; Rain Event -- Severe Weather Center -- Pandemic... WORD CHOICE SETS THE TONE
Question: BombardmentAnswer: constant questions; "Take our survey" -- "Like us on Facebook" -- "do you text? Have ...Hangouts...Indeed?"
Question: Fear Answer: constant fear made from + media; Control Nothing -- Climate Change -- Pharmaceuticals Onslaught -- Pandemic -- Financial Trepidation...
Question: StressAnswer: process of and responding to a threatening or challenging event (includes stressor and stress reaction)
Question: Positive of stressAnswer: Short-lived or perceived as challenge / immune system ; motivation; resilience
Question: Negative effects of Answer: Extreme or prolonged stress / Risky decision and unhealthy behaviors
Question: Three types of Answer: Catastrophes, Significant life , daily hassles
Question: CatastrophesAnswer: large-scale disasters (COVID, wildfires) / acculturative stress (changing in )
Question: Significant life Answer: life transitions (when parents have kids and kids move out for ) / cluster of crises (many different problems)
Question: hasslesAnswer: compounded by prejudice and life circumstances / psychological and consequences
Question: Which of the following is NOT one of the main types of stressors?Answer: Bad climate
Question: Walter Cannon (Stress response )Answer: Stress response is part of a mind-body system / fight-or-flight adaptive response
Question: Hans Selye (Stress response )Answer: general adaptation syndrome (GAS) / human body copes well with temporary stress but may be by prolonged stress
Question: The fight-or-flight response initiated by the sympathetic service system is responsible for all of the following physiological responses EXCEPT _______.Answer: contraction
Question: General Syndrome (GAS)Answer: 1: Alarm reaction / Phase 2: Resistance / Phase 3: Exhaustion
Question: 1: Alarm reactionAnswer: resources
Question: Phase 2: Answer: cope with
Question: Phase 3: Answer: depleted
Question: differences in coping strategiesAnswer: earlier death (grief), tend-and-befriend response (women seem to be better at this than men), withdrawal (go away from )
Question: Health Answer: subfield of that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine
Question: PsychoneuroimmunologyAnswer: study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting (learn how to balance)
Question: Which branch of health focuses on mind-body interactions?Answer:
Question: What does stress have ability of ?Answer: reduce the ability to fight disease (alters immune that reduces the ability to resist infection)
Question: B Answer: bacterial infections
Question: T lymphocytesAnswer: attack cancer cells, viruses, and substances (like bad food)
Question: Microphage (big eaters)Answer: attack harmful invaders and worn-out
Question: Natural killer cells (NK )Answer: attack diseased
Question: Possible to bodily intrudersAnswer: B lymphocytes, T , Microphage cells (big eaters), Natural killer cells (NK cells)
Question: (Stress)Answer: stress DOES NOT cancer cells
Question: Disease (Stress)Answer: coronary disease, type A personality, type B personality (stress increases)
Question: (Stress)Answer: blood vessel inflammation (stress )
Question: Individualist (anger management)Answer: venting
Question: Catharsis (emotional ) (anger management)Answer: tends to fail to rage, can magnify anger (behavior feedback research), backfire potential
Question: Anger management Answer: wait, find healthy distractions or , and distance yourself
Question: CopingAnswer: alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or methods
Question: -focused copingAnswer: attempting to alleviate stress directly -- by changing the or the way we interact with that stressor
Question: -focused copingAnswer: attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and by attending to needs related to our stress reaction
Question: Perceived loss of Answer: losing personal control provokes stress hormone output / rising stress hormone levels related to pressure increase and immune response decreases
Question: Learned Answer: argue to stay helpless / uncontrollable bad -> perceived lack of control -> generalized helpless behavior
Question: External locus of Answer: chance or outside control fate / posttraumatic stress symptoms
Question: Internal locus of Answer: people control own fate / free will, willpower, and self-control
Question: Answer: combination of [focusing consciousness] and effort [ overcoming inhibitions, distractions and laziness]
Question: Operations that can be on the willAnswer: train the will (practice / you to focus) / strengthen the will (becomes stronger) / surrender the will (give away (no longer need to do it))
Question: William James defined will as a combination of attention and ______.Answer:
Question: Self-controlAnswer: ability to control impulses and delay short-term gratification for -term rewards / predicts good health, higher income, and better school performance
Question: self-controlAnswer: practice in overcoming unwanted
Question: self-controlAnswer: effect
Question: What state of mind is created when we experience a series of bad and develop feelings of passive resignation?Answer: Learned
Question: OptimistsAnswer: expect to have more control, to cope better with stressful events, and to enjoy better health / to run in families (genetic)
Question: studentsAnswer: tend to get better grades / respond to setbacks with more strategies
Question: supportAnswer: feeling liked and encouraged by intimate friends and family / promotes happiness and
Question: isolationAnswer: leads to loneliness and risk of death equivalent to smoking
Question: Research-based findings about the health benefits of supportAnswer: calms and reduces blood pressure and stress hormones / fosters stronger functioning / provides an opportunity to confide painful feelings
Question: Aerobic (reducing stress)Answer: sustained, oxygen-consuming exertion that heart and lung fitness
Question: Benefits of (reducing stress)Answer: adds to of life (moderate) / helps fight heart disease and reduce heart attack risk / predictor of life satisfaction / reduces depression and anxiety
Question: Biofeedback (reducing )Answer: feedback from own body / , amplifying, and feeding back information about subtle physiological responses (many of which are controlled by the autonomic nervous system) / works best on tension headaches
Question: Relaxation (reducing )Answer: helps alleviate headaches, hypertension, anxiety, and insomnia / lowers stress / better wound healing
Question: What Meditation Does (reducing )Answer: suffering / improves awareness, insight and compassion
Question: Mindfulness Answer: relaxation and silent attendance to inner space; monitored breathing / linked with lessened anxiety and depression, as well as improved sleep, relationships, and immune system functioning
Question: What in the brain as mindfulness is practiced?Answer: strengthens connections among regions in our brain / activates brain regions associated with more reflective / calms brain activation in emotional situations
Question: Faith Answer: religiously active people tend to live longer than inactive people / women are more religiously active than men and them
Question: What can lead to better ?Answer: healthy behaviors, social , positive emotions -- hope/optimism/coherence
Question: Positive (Seligman)Answer: feel-good, do-good phenomenon / well-being
Question: Core of happinessAnswer: good life the engages one's skills; meaningful life that extends beyond self (EXTENDS BEYOND SELF)/positive traits that on exploring and enhancing a wide range of behaviors (ENHANCING BEHAVIORS)/positive groups, communities, and cultures (SOCIAL)
Question: What well-being?Answer: emotional ups and down of days and within-days rebound (rebounding from worse events takes longer; even tragedy is not permanently )
Question: of emotions is?Answer: overestimated
Question: is?Answer: underestimated
Question: Adaptation-level Answer: is relative to our own experience
Question: deprivationAnswer: happiness is to the success of others
Question: What is the Dalai Lama is trying to ?Answer: external stress -> internal (not external if you can make it internal) / clear up your mind and take care of your mental health / unify / FIND PEACE OF MIND / be kind and don't judge based on one's external features / OPEN YOUR EYES AND MIND
 
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