Stress and Disease
The branch of psychology that studies the contribution of psychology to behavioral medicine
What is health psychology?
The full name of the process developed by Hans Seyle that describes the body's physiological reactions to stress.
What is general adaptation syndrome?
True or False: Stress only has negative effects on the body
False
The most common disease related to chronic stress
High blood pressure and Heart disease
The three stages of GAS
1. Alarm Reaction Stage
2. Resistance Stage
3. Exhaustion Stage
Type of response failure where the Immune System attacks the body’s own tissue
Overreacting
People that are competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger prone
Type A
The stage that results from prolonged or chronic stress
What is the exhaustion stage?
What is one common way people deal with anxiety?
Avoiding it, making jokes to hide it, fixating on one thing like exercising