____________________ is the arousal of one’s mind and body in response to demands made upon it.
What is stress?
100
Abbreviated as GAS.
What is General Adaptation Syndrome
100
________________ is concerned with the relationship between psychological factors and the prevention and treatment of physical illness. (Hint: it’s a field…)
What is health psychology?
100
Can cause cancer to worsen. (Hint: my forest fire analogy.)
What is stress?
100
A dedicated Japanese worker.
What are Business Samurai?
200
This is the least stressful type of conflict.
What is approach-approach?
200
The Alarm Reaction is also known as _____________________________.
What is “Fight or Flight”?
200
The most common type of headache.
What are muscle-tension headaches?
200
Involves inserting super thin needles into the skin.
What is acupuncture?
200
One way to handle stress and reduce the immediate effects – often socially unacceptable behavior.
What is Defensive Coping?
300
This type of personality is often more relaxed and less driven.
What is Type B personality?
300
Are no longer being produced in the exhaustion stage. (Hint: think hormones.)
What are adrenaline and corticosteroids?
300
At a greater risk of dying once heart disease.
Who are Type D personalities?
300
Produced by the Immune System to help fight disease.
What are White Blood Cells?
300
Involves changing the situation or changing how we respond to stress.
What is Active Coping?
400
Three sources of stress.
What are Frustration, Daily Hassles, and Life changes?
400
Susan Kobasa’s study found to handle stress one needs ______________, ______________, ______________.
What are Control, Commitment, and Challenge?
400
Another name for your genetic inheritance would be __________________.
What is your family (health/medical) history?
400
Decreases when under stress – causing a weakened immune system
What is steroid production?
400
Freud believed theseprotected a person’s ego – three main types.
What are defense mechanisms?
500
A kind of positive stress.
What is eustress?
500
Closely related to self-confidence.
What is self-efficacy?
500
This behavioral method is helpful in treating migraines (Hint: it is a relaxation technique.)
What is biofeedback?
500
The biological factors aren’t the only things that affect human health, ___________________ can affects the vulnerability and strength of a disease.
What are psychological factors?
500
Done by tensing and relaxing the body – it is a type of active coping.