FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCH

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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCH

CH.14 STRESS EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: lymphocytes

Answer:

the two types of white blood cells that are art of the body's immune system: B-form in bone marrow & release antibodies to fight bacterial infections; T-form in thymus, attack cancer cells, viruses, and forgein substances

Question 2: complementary and alternative medicine

Answer:

unproven health care tratments not taught widely in medical schools, not used in hospitals, and not usually reimbursed by insurance companies

Question 3: aerobic exercise

Answer:

sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; may also alleviate depression and anxiety

Question 4: Type A

Answer:

Friedman and Rosenman's term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally agressive, and anger-prone people

Question 5: Type B

Answer:

Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people

Question 6: coronary heart disease

Answer:

the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in many developed countries

Question 7: psychophysiological illness

Answer:

literally, "mind-body" illness; any stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches

Question 8: biofeedback

Answer:

a system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back information regarding a subtle physiological state, such as blood pressure or muscle tension

Question 9: behavioral medicine

Answer:

an interdisiplinary field that intergrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease

Question 10: health psychology

Answer:

a subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine

Question 11: stress

Answer:

the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging

Question 12: general adaptation syndrome (GAS)

Answer:

Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in the three stages - alarm, resistance, exhaustion