Stress and Health
This is the body’s response to perceived threats or challenges.
What is stress?
This type of coping focuses on directly solving or changing the stressor.
What is problem-focused coping?
This term refers to self-perceived happiness or life satisfaction.
What is subjective well-being?
This disorder involves excessive, persistent worry not tied to a specific cause.
What is generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?
This type of therapy focuses on changing maladaptive thoughts.
What is cognitive therapy?
These are the most common everyday stressors that can build up and harm health over time.
What are daily hassles?
This type of coping involves managing emotional responses rather than the problem itself.
What is emotion-focused coping?
This phenomenon explains why people return to a stable level of happiness after life changes.
What is the adaptation-level phenomenon?
This disorder includes sudden episodes of intense fear with physical symptoms like chest pain.
What is panic disorder?
This therapy uses conditioning techniques to change behavior.
What is behavior therapy?
Hans Selye’s 3-stage model of stress response is called this.
What is General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)?
Believing you control your own fate is known as this.
What is an internal locus of control?
The tendency to help others when in a good mood is called this.
What is the feel-good, do-good phenomenon?
This disorder involves unwanted repetitive thoughts and behaviors.
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?
This widely used therapy combines cognitive and behavioral approaches.
What is cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)?
This stage of GAS is when the body’s resources are depleted, increasing risk of illness.
What is exhaustion?
This occurs when someone stops trying to change a situation after repeated failure.
What is learned helplessness?
This theory suggests positive emotions broaden thinking and build resilience over time.
What is the broaden-and-build theory?
This disorder is characterized by alternating periods of mania and depression.
What is bipolar disorder?
This type of medication is commonly used to treat depression by affecting serotonin levels.
What are antidepressants (SSRIs)?
This field studies how psychological, biological, and social factors influence health and illness.
What is health psychology?
This psychological trait predicts better health, success, and ability to delay gratification.
What is self-control?
This concept explains feeling worse off compared to others, even if basic needs are met.
What is relative deprivation?
These are false beliefs or perceptions often seen in schizophrenia.
What are delusions (or hallucinations)?
This research method uses a placebo group to test whether a drug is truly effective.
What is a double-blind study?