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CWI PSYC 101 Chap 10
Psychology in Everday Life by David G Myers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging | stress |
| an emergency response, including activity of the sympathetic nervous system, that mobilizes energy and activity for attacking or escaping a threat | fight-or-flight |
| Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three stages - alarm, resistance, exhaustion | general adaptation syndrome (GAS) |
| under stress, people (especially women) often provide support to others (tend) and bond with and seek support from others (befriend) | tend and befriend |
| the study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes combine to affect our immune system and health | psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) |
| the two types of white blood cells that are part of the body's immune system: B lymphocytes release antibodies that fight bacterial infections; T lymphocytes attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances | lymphocytes |
| the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in many developed countries, such as those in North America | coronary heart disease |
| Friedman and Rosenman's term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people | Type A |
| Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people | Type B |
| attempting to alleviate stress directly - by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor | problem-focused coping |
| attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to our stress reaction | emotion-focused coping |
| our sense of controlling our environment rather than feeling helpless | personal control |
| the hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events | learned helplessness |
| the perception that chance or outside forces beyond our personal control determine our fate | external locus of control |
| the perception that we control our own fate | internal locus of control |
| the anticipation of positive outcomes. ___ are people who expect the best and expect their efforts to lead to good things | optimism |
| the anticipation of negative outcomes. ___ are people who expect the worst and doubt that their goals will be achieved | pessimism |
| sustained activity that increases heart and lung fitness; may also reduce depression and anxiety | aerobic exercise |
| a system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back information about a subtle physiological state, such as blood pressure or muscle tension | biofeedback |
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