GAS
What does GAS stand for?
General adaptation syndrome.
Define stress.
Process by which we perceive/respond to certain events (stressors) that we appraise as threatening/challenging.
Define Coronary Heart Disease.
Concept that under stress, people (especially women) often provide support to others and bond with/seek support from others.
Tend and befriend.
What are the three phases of Selye's GAS?
The concept that releasing aggressive energy (via action/fantasy) relieves aggressive urges.
Catharsis.
Coronary Heart Disease is the clogging of the vessels that nourish the _______ muscle.
Heart.
Define positive psychology.
Scientific study of human flourishing with the goals of discovering/promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities thrive.
In which phase of GAS are you most vulnerable to illness, collapse, or even death?
Phase 3 / Exhaustion
Increase.
Psychoneuroimmunology is the study of how ______, _______, and ________ processes together affect the immune system and resulting health?
Psychological, neural, and endocrine.
Self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life; used along with measures of objective well-being to evaluate people's quality of life.
Subjective well-being.
In which phase of GAS does your sympathetic nervous system activate?
Phase 1 / Alarm reaction
Mindfulness Meditation.
What is the leading cause of death in many developed countries?
Coronary Heart Disease.
What is the perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself to?
Relative deprivation.