Cscc psy 1100 exam 3 Study Guide with Complete Solutions
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Cscc psy 1100 exam 3 Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
Stress - Answer️️ -the process by which we perceive and respond to
certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or
challenging
Stressors - Answer️️ -Anything that causes stress
primary appraisal - Answer️�...
Cscc psy 1100 exam 3 Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
Stress - Answer✔️✔️-the process by which we perceive and respond to
certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or
challenging
Stressors - Answer✔️✔️-Anything that causes stress
primary appraisal - Answer✔️✔️-the first step in assessing stress, which
involves estimating the severity of a stressor and classifying it as either a
threat or a challenge
secondary appraisal - Answer✔️✔️-the second step in assessing a threat,
which involves estimating the resources available to the person for coping
with the stressor
fight or flight response - Answer✔️✔️-an emotional and physiological
reaction to an emergency that increases readiness for action
health psychology - Answer✔️✔️-a subfield of psychology that provides
psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine
General Adaptation Syndrome - Answer✔️✔️-Seyle's concept that the body
responds to stress with alarm, resistance and exhaustion
alarm stage of GAS - Answer✔️✔️-organism recognizes stress, begins to
respond
resistance stage of GAS - Answer✔️✔️-organism mobilizes body's resources
for coping
Exhaustion stage of GAS - Answer✔️✔️-only occurs if stress continues and
adaptation is not successful
psychophysiological illness - Answer✔️✔️-"mind-body" illness; any stress
related physical illness such as hypertension and headaches.
Type A personality - Answer✔️✔️-personality type that describes people
who are competitive, driven, hostile, and ambitious
Type B personality - Answer✔️✔️-more relaxed, easy going and less quick to
anger
Type C personality - Answer✔️✔️-pleasant but repressed person, who tends
to internalize his or her anger and anxiety and who finds expressing
emotions difficult
Type D personality - Answer✔️✔️-people who experience emotions that
include anxiety, irritation, and depressed mood
PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) - Answer✔️✔️-A prolonged and
severe stress reaction to a scary event (chronic stress)
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