What health impairing behaviour is most common among young adults
Smoking
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Deciding between pie or cake for dessert is an example of what type of conflict?
Approach-approach conflict
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What is a physical response to stress?
Blood Pressure Increase, Flight or Flight
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Experimentally induced stress does not impair immune functioning in animals, true or false?
False.
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When did research into PTSD begin?
After the Vietnam War (70's)
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Which activity can facilitate the generation of new brain cells?
Exercise
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Which life change has a higher SRRS value? Marriage or change in financial state?
Marriage
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A prisoner on death row awaiting execution resists appeal on his behalf & coldy insists that the letter of the law be followed is an example of what defense mechanism?
Intellectualize (isolation)
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In a 4yr longitudinal study examining health/mortality what did researchers find regarding cardiac disease and depression?
Depression can be a predictor of increased cardiac mortality.
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What is the difference between Type A and B personalities?
Type A: Anger and Hostility
Type B: Optimistic and Relaxed
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What is the most common disease associated with health impairing habits?
Cancer
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Mental health change is most related to which type of stress?
Pressure
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What are the 3 stages of the General Adaptation Syndrome?
Alarm, Resistance, Exhaustion
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Name of the 3 elements of a type A personality.
Strong competitive orientation, impatience & time urgency, anger & hostility.
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What causes burnout?
Increase of Chronic Stress
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What does AIDS stand for?
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
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A significant portion of people's stress is imposed by?
Themselves
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In response to stress, your hypothalamus activate the sympathetic division of the ANS which stimulates the central parts of the adrenal glands, releasing large amounts of which hormone?
Catecholamines
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What are Cytokines?
Proteins that orchestrate immune activities.
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Men are most likely to report trauma following this type of event?
Witnessing death or injury
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Heart disease, hypertension and cancer are all linked to what?