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Psych Ch.14 Stress

Stress & Health

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behavioral medicine an interdisiplinary field that intergrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease
health psychology a subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine
stress the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging
general adaptation syndrome (GAS) Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in the three stages - alarm, resistance, exhaustion
coronary heart disease the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in many developed countries
Type A Friedman and Rosenman's term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally agressive, and anger-prone people
Type B Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people
psychophysiological illness literally, "mind-body" illness; any stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches
lymphocytes the two types of white blood cells that are art of the body's immune system: B-form in bone marrow & release antibodies to fight bacterial infections; T-form in thymus, attack cancer cells, viruses, and forgein substances
aerobic exercise sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; may also alleviate depression and anxiety
biofeedback a system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back information regarding a subtle physiological state, such as blood pressure or muscle tension
complementary and alternative medicine unproven health care tratments not taught widely in medical schools, not used in hospitals, and not usually reimbursed by insurance companies
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