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Module 58
UNIT 7 Stress and Illness
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 three phases—alarm, resistance, exhaustion. |
| Tend-and-Befriend Response | Under stress, people (especially women) often provide support to others (tend) and bond with and seek support from others (befriend). |
| Health Psychology | A subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine. |
| Psychoneuroimmunology | The study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health. |
| 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 aggressive, and anger-prone people. |
| Type B | Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people. |
| Catharsis | In psychology, the idea that "releasing" aggressive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges. |
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