Vocab
reactions to stress
coping with stress
Stress
random
100
a person’s reaction to his or her inability to cope with a certain tense event or situation.
What is stress
100
a vague, generalized apprehension or feeling of danger.
What is anxiety
100
the interpretation of an event that helps determine its stress impact.
What is cognitive appraisal
100
ability to take care of oneself and make one’s own decisions.
What is autonomy
100
when a person must choose between two or more options that tend to result from opposing motives.
What is conflict situations
200
the body’s response to a stressor.
What is stress reaction
200
the usual reaction when a stressor involves real or imagined danger.
What is fear
200
coping mechanism in which a person decides that an event is not really a stressor.
What is denial
200
friends force one another to reexamine their basic assumptions and perhaps adopt new ideas and beliefs.
What is developmental friendship
200
aggressive, always prepared to be in fight or flight mode.
What is type A personality
300
a stress-producing event or situation.
What is stressor
300
the irate reaction likely to result from frustration.
What is anger
300
a coping mechanism in which the person analyzes a situation from an emotionally detached viewpoint.
What is intellectualization
300
combining old ideas with new ones and reorganizing feelings in order to renew one’s identity.
What is Resynthesis
300
relaxed, patient, are not easily angered.
What is type B personality
400
positive stress, which results from motivating strivings and challenges.
What is eustress
400
the body’s natural defense system against infection.
What is immune system
400
lying down comfortably and tensing and releasing the tension in each muscle group in turn.
What is Progressive relaxation
400
a vocation in which a person works at least a few years
What is career
400
information that leads someone to believe that he/she is cared for, loved, respected, and part of a network of communication and mutual obligation.
What is social support
500
stress that stems from acute anxiety or pressure
What is distress
500
General Adaptation Syndrome has 3 stages
What is 1. alarm. 2. resistance. 3. exhaustion.
500
the process of learning to control bodily states by monitoring the states to be controlled.
What is biofeedback
500
the concept that women and men should receive equal pay for jobs calling for comparable skill and responsibility
What is comparable worth
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