PSYC200 Chapter 11: Health and Wellbeing
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What type of stress is characterized by preparing for a party or applying to a college?

  • Distress
  • Eustress (correct)
  • Daily hassles
  • Major life stressors

What are the small, day-to-day irritations and annoyances referred to as?

  • Major life stressors
  • Eustress
  • Distress
  • Daily hassles (correct)

What is the slower-acting response to stress that involves a complex system of biological events?

  • Alarm stage
  • Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis (correct)
  • General adaptation syndrome (GAS)
  • Sympathetic nervous system response

What is the first stage of physiological coping, according to Hans Selye's general adaptation syndrome?

<p>Alarm (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of stress is characterized by negative events, such as illness or traffic?

<p>Distress (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the system that responds to stress by releasing epinephrine and norepinephrine into the bloodstream?

<p>Sympathetic nervous system (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the changes or disruptions that strain central areas of people's lives referred to as?

<p>Major life stressors (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the final stage of physiological coping, according to Hans Selye's general adaptation syndrome?

<p>Exhaustion (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of the alarm stage in response to stress?

<p>To enhance the body's physical abilities and reduce vulnerability to infection (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the body's stress resistance during the alarm stage?

<p>It decreases briefly (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of the resistance stage in response to stress?

<p>To maximize the body's defenses and increase immunity (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of prolonged or overwhelming stress on the body's health?

<p>It impairs health (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the body's physiological and immune systems during the exhaustion stage?

<p>They begin to fail (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of the 'fight or flight' response in the body?

<p>To reduce pain and increase the heart rate (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of cortisol and other stress hormones in the body's response to stress?

<p>They focus on planning adaptive coping strategies (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is credited with identifying the 'fight or flight' response?

<p>Walter Cannon (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of the field of health psychology?

<p>To apply psychological principles to promote health and well-being (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the biopsychosocial model of health?

<p>A model that integrates biological, behavioral, and social factors on health and illness (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do health psychologists study in relation to health outcomes?

<p>Both ethnic and sex differences in health outcomes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the goal of health psychologists in helping people lead healthier lives?

<p>To promote health and well-being by applying psychological principles (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is well-being according to health psychology?

<p>A positive state that includes striving for optimal health and life satisfaction (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do thoughts and actions affect according to health psychology?

<p>People's choices of the environments they interact with (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of research in health psychology?

<p>To integrate research on health and psychology (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do health psychologists study in relation to behavior?

<p>How behavior and social systems affect health (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of people who quit do so on their own?

<p>90 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary benefit of aerobic exercise?

<p>Triggering genes to produce proteins fighting chronic diseases (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of aerobic exercise?

<p>Increasing the risk of heart disease (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for something in the environment that is perceived as threatening or demanding?

<p>Stressor (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for deciding whether to view something as a stressor?

<p>Appraisal (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for any emotional and physical responses to the stressor?

<p>Stress reaction (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for any attempt made to avoid, escape from, or minimize a stressor?

<p>Coping response (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the reason why aerobic exercise is correlated with high confidence, vitality, and energy, and good mood?

<p>One study establishing causation: mildly depressed young women randomly assigned to an exercise group showed reduced depression caused by exercise alone (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential outcome of having a hostile personality and being depressed?

<p>The worsening of heart disease (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a common predictor of heart disease?

<p>Genetic predisposition to high blood pressure (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of primary appraisals in the coping process?

<p>To decide whether a stimulus is stressful, benign, or irrelevant (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of coping involves taking direct steps to confront or minimize a stressor?

<p>Problem-focused coping (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a risk associated with problem-focused coping?

<p>Magnifying emotional distress (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main goal of emotion-focused coping?

<p>To prevent an emotional response to a stressor (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a behavioral factor that contributes to heart disease?

<p>Smoking (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a psychological factor that contributes to heart disease?

<p>Chronic stress (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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