Intro
This concept describes the lack of improvement in societal health and happiness, despite the many technological advances that should be helpful.
What is the PARADOX OF PROGRESS?
The kind of stress that you may be experiencing if you are anxious about this upcoming exam.
What is ANTICIPATORY STRESS?
This kind of exercise is most effective as a coping strategy.
What is AEROBIC EXERCISE?
This is the leading cause of death in the US.
What is HEART DISEASE?
This drug was the basis of a religion.
What is LSD?
The study in which participants offered a choice from 24 jams were less likely to purchase one than participants offered a choice from 6 jams demonstrates this concept.
What is CHOICE OVERLOAD?
This is the type of pressure you feel when all of your friends want to do the same thing (and maybe you're unsure about it).
What is PRESSURE TO CONFORM?
This passive, maladaptive coping strategy involves giving up when you feel like you don't have any control.
What is LEARNED HELPLESSNESS?
This is the best predictor of long-term weight loss.
What is EXERCISE?
This is the controversial syndrome in which a person experiences PTSD symptoms without actually having been present for the trauma.
What is VIRTUAL PTSD?
This research design allows you to draw conclusions about cause and effect relationships.
What is an EXPERIMENT?
This is the 3rd phase of the general adaptation syndrome when your body can no longer cope with the stressor and you're likely to become sick.
What is EXHAUSTION?
This maladative coping strategy shields you from stress by distorting reality.
What is a DEFENSE MECHANISM?
This is the most preventable cause of death in the US.
What is SMOKING?
This is when you become less sensitive to a drug after continued use.
What is TOLERANCE?
This number tells you the size and direction of the relationship between two variables.
What is a CORRELATION COEFFICIENT?
This is the least stressful kind of internal conflict because it is a win-win situation.
What is APPROACH-APPROACH?
Ellis' ABC strategy focuses on reducing this.
What is CATASTROPHIC THINKING?
This percentage of patients fails to adhere to their prescribed treatment over the course of a chronic disease.
What is 50%?
This is a potential positive effect of stress; it occurs when the stressful experience leads to self-improvement.
What is POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH?
Marty Nemko argued that we should stop reading self-help books for this reason. (Name 1 of the 3 reasons he gave.)
What are PSYCHOBABBLE, ALL ABOUT SALES, ENCOURAGE NARCISSISM?
_____ stress evolved earliest and is adaptive for survival, but _____ stress, which is common today, is bad for our health.
What are ACUTE & CHRONIC?
When kids play violent video games, they often become more (rather than less) aggressive. This is strong evidence against the _______ hypothesis.
What is CATHARSIS?
This is the failure to recognize your own vulnerability to bias despite recognizing bias in others.
What is the BIAS BLIND SPOT?
People who adopt the sick role, either for themselves or by proxy through their children, have this disease.
What is MUNCHAUSEN'S?
Name one factor that is very important for happiness.
What is RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION or WORK SATISFACTION or GENETICS / PERSONALITY?
The cognitive process that occurs after you determine a stressor is threatening and now need to evaluate whether you have the resources to successfully cope with it.
What is a SECONDARY APPRAISAL?
Sometimes people use humor to cope with stress. Using excessive self-deprecating humor is a(n) _______ (adaptive / maladaptive) strategy.
What is MALADAPTIVE?
Name 1 of the 2 strategies we discussed to break unwanted habits.
What are CHANGE THE CONTEXT & VIGILANTLY MONITOR BEHAVIOR?
Habits are behaviors repeated in a stable context. Name 2 types of contexts.
What are PHYSICAL or TEMPORAL or SIGNIFICANT OTHERS or INTERNAL STATES or PREVIOUS ACTIONS IN A SEQUENCE?
Naturalistic observation, case studies, and surveys use this research methodology.
What is CORRELATION?
Name 2 reasons that living in the city is more stressful than living in the country.
What are NOISE, CROWDING, WEAK RELATIONSHIPS, LACK OF GREEN SPACE, ETC?
Name 2 of the 3 types of coping we discussed. (Hint: _______ - focused coping)
What are APPRAISAL-FOCUSED, PROBLEM-FOCUSED, EMOTION-FOCUSED?
This treatment is significantly reducing mortality from AIDS.
What is HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY?
James Pennebaker recommends this coping strategy to release pent-up emotions.
What is EXPRESSIVE WRITING?
When considering a self-help program, these are 2 of the factors that are important to consider.
What are IT FOCUSES ON A SPECIFIC PROBLEM or THE AUTHOR IS CREDIBLE or IT PROVIDES DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT HOW TO CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR or IT DOESN'T PROMISE BIG/IMMEDIATE/UNREALISTIC CHANGE or IT USES CLEAR LANGUAGE NOT PSYCHOBABBLE or IT IS BASED ON RESEARCH / THEORY?
With this illness, mental stress manifests as a genuine physical ailment.
What is PSYCHOSOMATIC DISEASE?
Name 1 of the 4 components of Emotional Intelligence.
What are PERCEIVE EMOTIONS, UNDERSTAND EMOTIONS, EMOTION REGULATION, & EMOTIONS FACILITATE THOUGHT?
These 2 categories of drugs have a high risk for both physical and psychological dependence.
What are NARCOTICS / OPIATES & SEDATIVES?
People with Type A personalities have a higher risk of heart attack because of this characteristic.
What is ANGER/HOSTILITY?