The field in which we study how stress and healthy and unhealthy behaviors influence heath and illness
What is behavioral medicine?
100
Unpredictable large-scale events that nearly everyone appraises as threatening are known as
What are Catastrophes?
100
the leading cause of death in North America
What is coronary heart disease?
100
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
What is AIDS?
200
Walter Cannon referred to the body's adaptive response to stress as
What is fight or flight?
200
Severe child abuse is an example of
a. prolonged stress
b. short-lived stress
What is an example of prolonged stress?
200
Type A
What type were 70% of men who suffered heart attacks?
200
Experimentation reveals that when immune systems are weakened by stress, tumors developed:
a. slower and grew larger
b. sooner and grew smaller
c. sonner and grew larger
What is sooner and grew larger
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300
An event or situation that produces stress
What is a stressor?
300
What are alarm, resistance, exhaustion
What is the body's adaptive response to stress?
300
any stress-related physical illness
What is a psychophysiological illness?
300
identifies, pursues, and ingests harmful invaders and worn-out cells
What is macrophage?
400
This subfield of psychology provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine
What is health psychology?
400
Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people
What is Type B?
400
Elevated blood pressure is a known factor that increases the risk of
What is coronary heart disease?
400
This prevents disease by producing white blood cells that destroy disease-causing microorganisms.
What is the immune system?
500
What are the two types of stress
What are short-lived and prolonged stress?
500
The three types of events that provoke stress responses
What are catastrophes, significant life changes, and daily hassles?
500
these may appear when chronic stress triggers persistent inflammation