Demanding events or situations that trigger coping adjustments in a person.
Stressors
100
What is rumination?
repetitively thinking about a distressing situation
100
The fight-or-flight reaction involves an outpouring of _______________ into the bloodstream.
epinephrine and cortisol
100
Coping strategy for dealing directly with a stressor
problem-focused coping
100
The tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state of physiological functioning is called:
Homeostasis
200
Immunosuppression is part of the body's natural response to stress is part of what hypothesis?
Direct effect hypothesis
200
The personality style that is associated with viewing the everyday demands of life as challenges rather than as threats is known as
hardiness
200
Which stage of prevention includes health-enhancing efforts to prevent disease from occurring
Primary prevention
200
The diathesis stress model consists of what two components?
Predisposing and precipitating factors
200
A strength-based, preventive approach to health behavior research
positive psychology
300
The technique of teaching a person to relax by successively tensing and relaxing different muscle groups is known as
Progressive muscle relaxation
300
Health behaviors are
health-enhancing behaviors or habits.
300
People of low socioeconomic status tend to rely less on _______________ coping than do people with more education and higher incomes
Problem-focused
300
A person's determination of whether his or her resources are sufficient to meet the demands of a threatening event.
Secondary apparaisal
300
HPA is the _____________ response to stress
delayed
400
According to research studies of children living near airports, exposure to chronic loud noise may result in
reading problems
400
In order, the three phases of the general adaptation syndrome are:
alarm, resistance, exhaustion
400
The belief that one is able to successfully perform a health behavior.
self-efficacy
400
An individual with a pessimistic explanatory style is more likely to interpret negative events in terms of _______________ factors
internal, stable, global
400
The fight-or-flight response involves arousal of the:
sympathetic nervous system and the endocrine system
500
Hormones produced by the adrenal cortex that fight inflammation and trigger the release of stored energy
Corticosteroids
500
Emotion-focused style in which we inhibit emotional responses, especially in social situations
repressive coping
500
Which theory contends that people pass through stages of precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance in altering health-related behaviors?
transtheoretical model
500
Neuroimaging studies have shown that mindfulness training seems to increase activity in the:
Prefrontal cortex
500
Prolonged stress may lead to damage or atrophy in the __________ area of the brain that, in turn, may lead to memory loss