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| studies the relationship between psychological behavior and physical health and illness. |
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refers to how the body responds to any number of physical or emotional stimuli.
-increased heart rate, respiratory rate, sweating, skin problems, increased blood pressure, metabolism, changes in circulating fats |
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pleasant or curative stress.
-exercising, adrenaline is sometimes used as motivation |
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| Unpleasant or disease producing stress |
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1.life changes
2.chronic stressors
3.hassles and burnout
4.frustration
5.conflicts |
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minor irritating incidents that occur everyday.
-traffic, bad roommates, rude people |
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-physical emotional and mental exhaustion attributable to long term involvement in emotional demading situation.
-Herbert Freudenberger
-worked in clinic with people caring for Vietnam verterans
-Peoplel who were most involved in movement suffered burnout |
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| unpleasant tension, anxiety, and heightened sympathetic activity (CNS) resulting from a blocked goal |
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1.delays
2.lack of resources
3.losses
4.failure
5.discrimination |
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| having to choose between two or more incompatible goals or impulses |
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| approach-approach conflict |
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| occurs when a person has to choose between two equally pleasurable alternatives |
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| avoidance-avoidance conflict |
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| results when neither choice is pleasurable |
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| approach-avoidance confict |
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| a person has to make a choice that has both positive and negative aspects (most stressful type of conflict) |
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| General Adaption Syndrome |
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Stress is a psychobiological process, with both physiological and psychological components and consequences.
Stage 1-alarm reaction
stage 2-body adapts to continual stressors
stage 3-stage of exhaustion |
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| Types of Individual differences |
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1. personality types
2. optimism/pessimism |
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| A)individuals,first identified by two cardiologists, are impatient, hard driving, ambitious, competitive, and hostile. |
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| indivuals are more relaxed, easy going, and less easily angered. (type c-inwardly A, outwardly B, likely to develop cancer) |
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| deal with surgery better and recover more quickly. |
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| at 45-50 year age pessimists were more likely to be ill or dead. Dont take good care of themselves, do not cope as well, and appear to have depressed immune functioning = greater illness |
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Suzanne Kobasa
-People who tolerate stress exceptioanlly well or seem to thrive on it.
-open to change
-internally motivated
-deeply committed to work
-meaningful activity
-seek sources of stress as challenges
-in control of their lives |
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| ability to bounce back from stressors |
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| once called shell shock or battle fatigue syndrome. affects hundreds of thousands of people who have survived earthquakes, airplane crashes, terrorist bombings, inner city violence, domestic abuse, rape, war. |
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1.intrustion
2.avoidance
3.hyperarousal |
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-memories of trauma reoccur unexpectedly "flash backs"
-sometimes theres a trigger thats associated |
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| -person often avoids close emotional ties with family, colleagues, and friends; reminders of event; survivors guilt |
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| -PTSD can cause those who have it to act as if they are constantly threatened by trauma that caused their illness. |
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| more than one disorder in one person at a time |
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-taking steps to change source of stress.
-ex. exam is stressor so study, dont wait until last min |
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-efforts to change ones emotional response to stressor
-ex. convince yourself its not importants |
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-coronary heart disease
-cancers of all types
-chronic bronchitis
-emphysema
-ulcers
-social embarrassment |
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| withdrawl symptoms of smoking |
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-cravings
-irritable
-insomnia
-fatigue
-headaches
-cough gets worse at first
-sore throat
-constipation
-dry mouth |
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| coping with symptoms,the 5 D's |
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1. Delay until urge passes (3-5min)
2. Distract yourself
3. Drink water
4. Deep breaths - relax
5. Discuss your feelings |
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| 20 year old lsu student died august 27th 1997 |
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