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Chapter 11: Stress, Health, and Human Flourishing

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Stress occurs when:   show
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show elastic tension, stretching, and expansion  
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Bigger than Life Phenomenon   show
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show constant questions; "Take our survey" -- "Like us on Facebook" -- "do you text? Have GroupMe...Hangouts...Indeed?"  
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show constant fear made from society + media; Control Nothing -- Climate Change -- Pharmaceuticals Onslaught -- Pandemic -- Financial Trepidation...  
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Stress   show
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show Short-lived or perceived as challenge / immune system mobilization; motivation; resilience  
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Negative effects of stress   show
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show Catastrophes, Significant life changes, daily hassles  
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Catastrophes   show
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Significant life changes   show
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Daily hassles   show
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Which of the following is NOT one of the three main types of stressors?   show
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Walter Cannon (Stress response system)   show
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show general adaptation syndrome (GAS) / human body copes well with temporary stress but may be damaged by prolonged stress  
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The fight-or-flight response initiated by the sympathetic service system is responsible for all of the following physiological responses EXCEPT _______.   show
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General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)   show
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Phase 1: Alarm reaction   show
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show cope with stressor  
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show reserves depleted  
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Gender differences in coping strategies   show
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Health psychology   show
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show study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health (learn how to balance)  
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show psychoneuroimmunology  
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show reduce the ability to fight disease (alters immune functioning that reduces the ability to resist infection)  
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show fight bacterial infections  
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show attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances (like bad food)  
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show attack harmful invaders and worn-out cells  
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Natural killer cells (NK cells)   show
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show B lymphocytes, T lymphocytes, Microphage cells (big eaters), Natural killer cells (NK cells)  
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show stress DOES NOT create cancer cells  
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show coronary heart disease, type A personality, type B personality (stress increases)  
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show blood vessel inflammation (stress increases)  
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Individualist cultures (anger management)   show
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show tends to fail to cleanse rage, can magnify anger (behavior feedback research), backfire potential  
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Anger management strategies   show
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Coping   show
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show attempting to alleviate stress directly -- by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor  
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Emotion-focused coping   show
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show losing personal control provokes stress hormone output / rising stress hormone levels related to blood pressure increase and immune response decreases  
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Learned helplessness   show
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External locus of control   show
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show people control their own fate / free will, willpower, and self-control  
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show combination of attention [focusing consciousness] and effort [ overcoming inhibitions, distractions and laziness]  
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show train the will (practice / causing you to focus) / strengthen the will (becomes stronger) / surrender the will (give away (no longer need to do it))  
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show effort  
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Self-control   show
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show practice in overcoming unwanted urges  
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Depleting self-control   show
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show Learned helplessness  
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Optimists   show
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show tend to get better grades / respond to setbacks with more productive strategies  
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Social support   show
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Social isolation   show
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show calms and reduces blood pressure and stress hormones / fosters stronger immune functioning / provides an opportunity to confide painful feelings  
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show sustained, oxygen-consuming exertion that increases heart and lung fitness  
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Benefits of exercise (reducing stress)   show
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Biofeedback (reducing stress)   show
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Relaxation (reducing stress)   show
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What Meditation Does (reducing stress)   show
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show relaxation and silent attendance to inner space; monitored breathing / linked with lessened anxiety and depression, as well as improved sleep, interpersonal relationships, and immune system functioning  
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show strengthens connections among regions in our brain / activates brain regions associated with more reflective awareness / calms brain activation in emotional situations  
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show religiously active people tend to live longer than inactive people / women are more religiously active than men and outlive them  
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What can lead to better health?   show
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Positive psychology (Seligman)   show
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Core features of happiness   show
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show emotional ups and down of days and within-days rebound (rebounding from worse events takes longer; even tragedy is not permanently depressing)  
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show overestimated  
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show underestimated  
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show happiness is relative to our own experience  
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show happiness is relative to the success of others  
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What is the Dalai Lama is trying to teach?   show
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