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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Distress</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</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</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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

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

    What do health psychologists study in relation to behavior?

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

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

    <p>90</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary benefit of aerobic exercise?

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

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

    <p>Appraisal</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

    What is a common predictor of heart disease?

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

    What is a risk associated with problem-focused coping?

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

    What is a behavioral factor that contributes to heart disease?

    <p>Smoking</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a psychological factor that contributes to heart disease?

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

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