Stress & Its Effects
The origins or causes of illness.
What is etiology?
An interdisciplinary subspecialty of psychology focused on health and illness.
What is health psychology?
Higher inflammation increases a person’s risk for these.
What are cardiovascular diseases?
This hypothesis suggests that social support is beneficial during both stressful and nonstressful times
What is the buffering hypothesis?
A stroke caused by a blocked artery.
What is an ischemic stroke?
A short-term, intense stressor like a sudden deadline.
What is an acute stressor?
The major approach used by health psychologists.
What is the biopsychosocial model?
Ouch! Rosa hit her thumb with a hammer and is likely experiencing this type of pain perception,
What is nociceptive pain?
Providing services, financial assistance, or goods is a form of social support.
What is tangible support?
A stroke caused by a leaking blood vessel.
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
The cumulative wear and tear on the body due to chronic stress.
What is the allostatic load?
This is what the disease model in health psychology focuses on.
What is diagnosing and treating illness rather than promoting health?
These levels are indicative of inflammatory activity and may increase in response to stress.
What are C-reactive protein (CRP) levels?
This is how early in life racial health disparities emerge.
What is in infancy or early childhood?
This hypothesis explains how social ties promote health by encouraging healthy behaviors.
What is the direct effects hypothesis?
This increases heart rate and energy availability during our flight-or-fight response.
The HPA axis stands for this.
What is the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis?
The narrowing of coronary arteries caused by the buildup of plaque in blood vessels.
What is Atherosclerosis?
This is an example of a psychosocial research study on stress and health.
What is The Common Cold Project?
This prepares the body for a stressor by increasing blood flow to muscles and releasing stress hormones.
What is the fight-or-flight response?
Symptoms of this includes the combination of obesity centered around the waist, high blood pressure, high triglycerides, and low HDL cholesterol.
What is metabolic syndrome?
This studies the interactions between psychological processes, the nervous system, and the immune system.
What is Psychoneuroimmunology?
This emotion increases the risk of heart disease, predicts poor survival rates, and acts as a trigger for heart attacks.
What is anger?
These are psychosocial factors that influence recovery from illness.
What are social support, coping strategies, and psychological resilience?
Long-term exposure to stress hormones can lead to these issues.
What are cardiovascular problems and reduced immune function?