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Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and Well-Being Terms in this set (67)health psychology The broad field of psychology that investigates the psychological factors related to wellness and illness, including the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of medical problems When people respond to events that threaten or challenge them, they are experiencing stress The category of stressor that includes disasters such as tornadoes and plane crashes, as well as terrorist attacks cataclysmic The category of stressor that includes death of a loved one, loss of job, and getting married is personal stressors Exposure to stress generates a rise in hormone secretions by the __________________ glands adrenal What is the field of psychology that studies how people's behavior interacts with stress and heart disease? health psychology Activation of the sympathetic nervous system in response to stress is adaptive because it prepares the body to deal with an emergency situation. Which of the following are examples of stressors? Planning a graduation party
Cataclysmic events would be considered ______ stressors. strong Medical problems influenced by an interaction of psychological, emotional, and physical difficulties are called ______ disorders. psychophysiological Causes of stress fall into which of the following categories? Personal stressors Long term activation of the _____ nervous system, produced by chronic stress, tends to be harmful. sympathetic The body's initial reaction to stress leads to increased heart rate and blood pressure. The stage of Selye's GAS in which physical illness, irritability, and other symptoms may appear is exhaustion. Activation of the ______ nervous system prepares the body to deal with emergency situations. sympathetic During general adaptation syndrome, the person's response to the stressor consists of __________________ stages, alarm and mobilization, ____________________ and exhaustion. three; resistance You are spending too much time working, and your health is beginning to suffer. The health difficulties that you are experiencing are probably ______ disorders. psychophysiological During the ______ and mobilization stage of GAS one becomes aware of the presence of a stressor. alarm The body's biological reaction to stress is adaptive in the __________ - term but can be harmful in the _________ - term. short; long Efforts to control, reduce, or tolerate threats that lead to stress are called ________________ strategies. coping Which of the following lists the correct order of the general adaptation syndrome stages? Alarm, resistance, exhaustion What term is used when people try to manage their stress by seeking to change the way they feel about or perceive problems? Emotion-focused coping Barney has decided to take up yoga one day a week instead of staying late at work all five nights of the week. Barney is using a ______ coping strategy. problem-focused On failing a psychology exam, Juanita talks with her instructor about why she did so badly so that she might improve her performance in the future. This is an example of __________________ focused coping. problem Individuals often use both ________________ - focused coping as well as problem-solving coping strategies simultaneously to deal with stress. emotion The cognitive and behavioral efforts to control, reduce, or learn to tolerate the threats that lead to stress is known as coping Who is most likely to deny the likelihood of an earthquake occurring in his or her town? Someone living in a building known to be unlikely to withstand a quake. ______________-focused coping strategies involve managing emotional responses to stressors rather than dealing with the stressors themselves. Emotion Betty has decided to focus on the likelihood of a job advancement and raise as she continues to work late five days a week and often come in on the weekends. Betty is engaged in a(n) ______ coping strategy. emotion-focused Fred feels he has little impact on improving work conditions at the rock quarry. Lately, he has been getting a lot of colds and feeling generally depressed. This may be related to learned helplessness. What is the term used to describe when individuals use strategies like changes in behavior to reduce stress? problem-focused coping Problem-focused coping is more often used when the situation is viewed as modifiable. Denial is one of several _______________ mechanisms that help people avoid dealing with their problems. defense Wilma has decided that there is no point in trying to create a better environment for her son. She just does not see how she can have any impact on their surroundings, even though most of the problems are surface issues. Wilma is experiencing learned helplessness. What psychological disorder is learned helplessness associated with? Depression ________________ ___________________ occurs when an individual concludes that unpleasant or aversive stimuli cannot be controlled, thereby causing the individual to give up trying. learned helplessness Mary has a personality that includes commitment, challenge, and control. She is less likely to have a stress-related illness even when stressors build up because she possesses the characteristic of hardiness ________________ is when people cope with stress most successfully. Hardiness Which statement best describes the relationship between social support and stress? Social support is associated with experiencing less stress. The Type _ behavior pattern is a cluster of behaviors involving hostility and competitiveness, which has a negative impact on health. A People with cancer who maintain a fighting spirit tend to live longer than those who accept it. ___________________ is a personality characteristic associated with a lower rate of stress-related illness. hardiness The three components of hardiness are seeing change as a challenge, ______________________ , and _____________. commitment; control ________________ support has been shown to lower stress levels and cope more effectively with stress. Social
Having friends who smoke and seeing smoking in movies are examples of _______________ factors that affect smoking behavior. environmental Behavioral approaches to stop smoking work for about 60% of people. Who is most likely to be alive 10 years after breast cancer surgery? A woman who adopts a "fighting spirit." Which of the following is/are examples of noncompliance with medical advice? Failing to take prescribed medication A patient who withholds information from a doctor because he or she doesn't want to be seen in a bad light is an example of what? An obstacle in patient/doctor communication. Who is most likely to smoke cigarettes? Someone whose friends smoke Which of the following can health-care providers do to increase patient compliance? Maintain warm relationships with patients. Suppose your friend, Alison, is a smoker and you really want her to quit because it's not attractive and is bad for her. What's the best advice you could give? "Alison, you should get a nicotine patch and go to this campus support group that helps people quit." Failing to show up for a doctor's appointment, discontinuing a medication before instructed to do so, and not following a diet are examples of ___________________ with medical advice. noncompliance Subjective well-being refers to people's evaluation of their lives. Which of the following is considered an obstacle in physician/patient communication? Patients who do not report information out of a concern about looking bad. If one is happy, the odds are that they also have high self-esteem. Happy people tend to feel like they have ___________ control over their lives than unhappy people. more Health-care providers can increase patient compliance with medical advice by giving honest information even when the news is bad. People's evaluations of their lives in terms of both thoughts and emotions is called ________ well-being. subjective Happy people tend to be more _____ than unhappy people. optimistic
Happiness and self-esteem are __________________ correlated. positively Happy people tend to be ______ and have a network of close friends. extroverted Providing clear instructions for patients and maintaining warm relations are ways doctors can _________________ compliance with medical advice. increase What is the term used to establish the tone of one's life? Set point for happiness Because it allows them to persevere at tasks and ultimately achieve more, the _______________ of people who are optimistic is better than those who are not. health Which statement best describes how happy people interact with others? Happy people tend to be extroverted and have a network of close friends. Having done much better than you expected on a psychology exam, you find yourself much happier than normal. In other words, you are above your _____ for happiness. set point Recommended textbook solutions
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What is the term used to describe when individuals use strategies like changes in behavior to reduce stress?Coping is defined as what people do to try to minimize stress and is commonly seen in health psychology as problem-focused, that is, directed at reducing the threats and losses of the illness, or emotion-focused, namely directed at reducing the negative emotional consequences.
When you encounter a stressor the sympathetic nervous system regulates the body to?This controls automatic functions like your heartbeat and breathing through two different systems: the sympathetic and the parasympathetic. The sympathetic nervous system triggers the fight-or-flight response, giving you the energy you need to respond to a threat.
What are the efforts to control reduce or tolerate threats that lead to stress?“Coping is efforts to prevent or diminish threat, harm, and loss, or to reduce the distress that is often associated with those experiences.”
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Activation of the ______ nervous system prepares the body to deal with emergency situations.
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