Test Yourself by taking a moment to answer each of these Learning Objective Questions (repeated here from within the module). Research suggests that trying to answer these questions on your own will improve your long-
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stress (p. 406) general adaptation syndrome (GAS) (p. 409) tend and befriend (p. 410) health psychology (p. 410) psychoneuroimmunology (p. 410) coronary heart disease (p. 414) Type A (p. 414) Type B (p. 414) catharsis (p. 416) | the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging. Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three phases— Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people. a subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine. in psychology, the idea that "releasing" aggressive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges. the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in many developed countries. under stress, people (especially women) often provide support to others (tend) and bond with and seek support from others (befriend). Friedman and Rosenman's term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people. the study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health. |
Test yourself repeatedly throughout your studies. This will not only help you figure out what you know and don’t know; the testing itself will help you learn and remember the information more effectively thanks to the testing effect.
1. Selye's general adaptation syndrome (GAS) consists of an alarm reaction followed by , then .
2. When faced with stress, women are more likely than men to experience the -and- response.
3. The number of short-term illnesses and stress-related psychological disorders was higher than usual in the months following an earthquake. Such findings suggest that
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4. Which of the following is NOT one of the three main types of stressors?
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5. Stress can suppress the immune system by prompting a decrease in the release of , the immune cells that ordinarily attack bacteria, viruses, cancer cells, and other foreign substances.
6. Research has shown that people are at increased risk for cancer a year or so after experiencing depression, helplessness, or bereavement. In describing this link, researchers are quick to point out that
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7. A Chinese proverb warns, “The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns you more than him.” How is this true of Type A individuals?
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