psych 14
stress and health
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- step 4 - quitting smoking
- anticipate challenges (this isnt going to be easy...)
- step 1 - quitting smoking
- set a date to quit (an EXACT one - June 14)
- social and emotional disclosure
- supressing emotions can lead to poor health so talking about trama is (in the LONG TERM) benifical and increases health (even though talking about tramatic events can be stressful at the beginning - short term)
- type A
- friedman and rosenmans term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressivem, and anger-prone people (i can think of someone we know like this...)
- losing the weight (broad/whole communities)
- most diets are short term. what to do long term = change environments, tax junk food (good idea!), make fast food free zones around schools, design communities for increased physical behavior/activities (bike vs car) <--most likely to happen
- worst kind of stress
- uncontrollable threats/you have no control over the factor that is causing you the stress
- smoking #2/why not quit
- nicotine hits w/in 7 seconds, releases norepinephrine and epinephrine (makes you happy? maybe?), decreases appitate, increases alertness, calms anxiety, and reduces pain sensations
- problem-focused coping
- attempting to alleviate stress directly-by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor/goes directly to source of stress (EX: your friends dont like you and talk about you so you talk to them about it)
- social effects of obesity
- stigmatized (steriotyped) that you are lazy and its your fault that your that fat and your fat is an indicator of your personality. obese people also make less money than normal people (hiring discrimination)
- social support
- (promoting health) the feeling of being liked, respected, and encouraged by family and friends/ the support a family provides is more important and influential than the stress that they can cause.
- step 10 - quitting smoking
- exerciseeeee
- behavior change
- prevention of negative behaviors is more effective and less spendy than treatment (EX: its way easier to prevent someone from starting to smoke than it is to help someone to quit)
- restricted movement
- we are a car culture (you go everywhere with your car), we have elevators, the internet (activities = sitting on your ass)
- smoking
- pediatric disease (you start it early in life) ALSO very related to peers/social pressure (why people start)
- lymphocytes
- the two types of white blood cells that are part of the bodys immune system . B lymphocytes form in the BONE marrow and release antibodies that fight bacterial infections. T lymphocytes form in the THYMUS and other lymphatic tissue and attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances
- aerobic exercise
- sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; may also alleviate depression and anxiety/a helpful way to manage stress
- type B
- friedman and rosenmans term for easygoing, relaxed people (california people)
- step 7 - quitting smoking
- limit alcohol intake
- since 1960 average person grew... and gained...
- grew only 1" and gained a freaking 28 LBS! goodness.
- general adaptation syndrome (GAS)
- Selyes concept of the bodys adaptive response to stress in three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion
- step 5 - quitting smoking
- use a nicotine patch
- step 8 - quitting smoking
- quit with other people for support and so you can keep eachother going
- behavioral medicine
- an interdisciplicnary field that integrates behavorial and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease
- coronary heart disease
- the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscles; the leading cause of death in many developed countries
- biofeedback
- a system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back information regarding a subtle physiological state, such as blood pressure or muscle tension
- stress (notes)
- in the short term, it can be helpful/effective/productive. the problem is CHRONIC stress (feeling stressed all the time) - this can lead to heart disease
- psychophysiological illness
- mind-body illness; any stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches
- step 6 - quitting smoking
- total abstinance from the BEHAVIOR of smoking (still getting some of the drug though with the patch)
- managing stress
- aerobic exercies, relaxation and meditation, and living spiritually (religons or just believing in SOMETHING)
- coping
- alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods/the best method of this= a little emotional plus a little problem
- step 9 - quitting smoking
- avoid smoking areas/places/environments
- health psychology
- a subfield of psychology that provides pyshchologys contribution to behavorial medicine
- step 2 - quitting smoking
- inform other people that you want to quit on that exact date (friends)
- since 1980s...
- obesity rate has tripled (3) and its still going up
- emotion-focused coping
- attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to ones stress reaction/not dealing with the issue at hand, dealing with the feeling of stress (EX: drinking, yoga, venting) can be good but also avodient
- step 3 - quitting smoking
- remove cigaretts from your envrionmnet (ALL of them)
- OBESITY
- dysfunctional eating patterns in the presence of high fat and sugar loaded foods. it is related to cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes, gall stones, heart disease, athristis (just to name a few..)
- health psychology #2
- human psychological experiences (thoughts and feelings) directlyyyy effect physical health AND human behavoir contributes directly with physical outcome (smoking = DEATH)
- social support #2
- married people live longer and healthier lives because they are less likely to try dangerous, risky events/activities (smoking, sex with multiple partners) and they exercise and take care of themselves more
- stress
- the process by which we perceieve and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging