Health Psychology Chapter 6 Vocab

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Acute Stress Paradigm
Exposing people to short-term stressors and seeing how they react, observing those reactions.

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TermDefinition
Acute Stress ParadigmExposing people to short-term stressors and seeing how they react, observing those reactions.
Aftereffects of StressOften persist long after the stressful event itself is no longer present.
Allostatic LoadThe psychological costs of chronic exposure to the psychological changes that result from repeated or chronic stress.
Chronic StainNot being able to adapt to stressors. Living with that chronic stress.
Daily HasslesMinor stressful events.
Demand-Control-Support ModelWhen high demands and low control are combined with little social support at work.
Fight-or-Flight ResponseTaking on the stressor or running/withdrawing from it.
General Adaptation SyndromeWhen a person confronts a stressor, it mobilizes itself for action. Alarm. Resistance. Exhaustion.
Person-Environment FitIt results from the process of appraising events, of assessing potential resources, and of responding to the events.
Primary AppraisalOccurs as a person is trying to understand what the event is and what it will mean
ReactivityThe degree of change that occurs in autonomic, neuroendocrine, and/or immune responses as a result of stress.
Role ConflictOccurs when a person receives conflicting information about work tasks or standards from different individuals.
Secondary AppraisalWhether personal resources are sufficient to meet the demands of the environment.
StressA negative emotion experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological, cognitive, and behavioral changes.
Stressful Life EventsWhen something stressful comes into your life and affects your life.
StressorsStressful events.
Tend-and-BefriendIn addition to fight-or-flight, people and animals respond to stress with social affiliation and nurturant behavior toward offspring.