module 34&35

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

• stress

• approach and avoidance motives

• fight or flight response

• general adaptation syndrome

the drive to move toward (approach) or away from (avoid) a stimulus.

• stress

• approach and avoidance motives

• fight or flight response

• general adaptation syndrome

an emergency response, including activation of the sympathetic nervous system, that mobilizes energy and activity for attacking or escaping a threat.

• stress

• approach and avoidance motives

• fight or flight response

• general adaptation syndrome

Selye’s concept of the body’s adaptive response to stress in three phases—alarm, resistance, exhaustion.

• stress

• approach and avoidance motives

• fight or flight response

• general adaptation syndrome

under stress, people (especially women) often provide support to others (tend) and bond with and seek support from others (befriend).

• tend and befriend response

• health psychology

• psychoneuroimmunology

• coronary heart disease

a subfield of psychology that contributes to behavioral medicine.

• tend and befriend response

• health psychology

• psychoneuroimmunology

• coronary heart disease

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

• tend and befriend response

• health psychology

• psychoneuroimmunology

• coronary heart disease

the study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect our immune system and resulting health.

• tend and befriend response

• health psychology

• psychoneuroimmunology

• coronary heart disease

Friedman and Rosenman’s term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people.

• type A

• type B

Friedman and Rosenman’s term for easygoing, relaxed people.

• type A

• type B