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Question 1

What is stress?

Answer 1

The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events (stressors) that we appraise as threatening or challenging

Question 2

What are the 2 types of stress?

Answer 2

1) Distress: negative stress
2) Eustress: positive stress

Question 3

What are the 3 stressors?

Answer 3

1) Catastrophes - hurricanes
2) Significant Life Changes - marriage, death
3) Daily Hassles - traffic, most common

Question 4

What is the approach-approach motivational conflicts theory?

Answer 4

Choosing between 2 desirable alternatives

Question 5

What is the approach-avoidance motivational conflicts theory?

Answer 5

Positive and negative outcomes from one choice

Question 6

What is the avoidance-avoidance motivational conflicts theory?

Answer 6

choosing between two undesirable alternatives

Question 7

What is the General Adaptation Syndrome for?

Answer 7

It is the order of our body’s adaptive response in general and has 3 phases; Hans Seyle

Question 8

What are the three stages of the General Adaptation Syndrome?

Answer 8

1) Alarm - sympathetic nervous system activates
2) Resistance: temp/BP/ respiration high
3) Exhaustion: vulnerable to illness

Question 9

What is the tend and befriend stress response?

Answer 9

providing support to others and bond with and seek support with others

Question 10

What are mind body illnesses(psychosomatic disorders)?

Answer 10

stress-related physical illness like hypertension and some head aches

Question 11

What is health psychology?

Answer 11

focused on how social, psychological, and biological factors influence physical health and illness.

Question 12

What is psychoneuroimmunology?

Answer 12

It investigates how psychological factors like stress, emotions, and behavior influence immune function,

Question 13

What are B lymphocytes for?

Answer 13

Bacterial infections

Question 14

What are T lymphocytes for?

Answer 14

cancer cells, viruses or other foreign substances

Question 15

What is the macrophage for?

Answer 15

Other harmful intruders or clean up for a worn-out cell

Question 16

What are natural killer cells for?

Answer 16

diseased cells that need to be cleared out.

Question 17

Stress is linked with what disease?

Answer 17

Coronary heart disease

Question 18

Type A vs Type B

Answer 18

A: competitive, hard driven and verbally aggressive. More likely to have heart attacks
B: calm, chill and less susceptible to heart attacks

Question 19

Emily’s family has been traumatized by a recent hurricane in Puerto Rico. Described in terms of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS), which phase would they have experienced first?

a. Resistance

b. Appraisal

c. Exhaustion

d. Alarm

e. Challenge

Answer 19

d. Alarm

Question 20

Which term best describes the study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes affect our health?

a. Coronary heart disease

b. Psychoneuroimmunology

c. Inflammation

d. Catharsis

e. General Adaptation

Answer 20

b. Psychoneuroimmunology

Question 21

Roberto is an angry person who is prone to outbursts throughout the day. Psychologists would describe him as having a(n) personality.

a. Type A

b. Type B

c. GAS

d. Type T

e. NK cell

Answer 21

a. Type A

Question 22

In order to reduce risk of heart disease, people should attempt to reduce their levels of

a. optimism.

b. apathy.

c. pessimism.

d. competitiveness.

e. empathy.

Answer 22

c. pessimism.