Psychology Ch 3
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- Eustress
- pleasant, desirable stress
- Distress
- unpleasant, objectonable stress
- Hassles
- small problems of daily living that accumulate and sometimes become a major stress
- Burnout
- physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion attributal to long-term involvement in emotionally demanding situations
- Frustration
- unpleasant tension, anxiety, and heightened sympathetic activity resulting form a blocked goal
- Conflict
- having to choose between two or more incompatable goals or impulses
- Approach-approach conflict
- having to choose between two or more desirable alternatives
- Avoidance-avoidance conflict
- forced choice between two or more undesirable alternatives
- Approach-avoidance conflict
- forced choice between two or more alternatives, which have both desirable and undesirable results
- HPA axis
- the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and adrenal cortex, which are activated by stress
- Psychoneuroimmunology
- interdisciplinary field that studies the effects of psychological factors on teh immune system
- General adaptation syndrome
- selye's three-phase (alarm, resistance, and exhaustion) reaction to severe stress
- Type a personality
- behavior characteristics including intense ambition, competition, exaggerated time urgency, and a cynical, hostile outlook
- Type b personality
- behavior characteristics consistent with a calm, patient, relaxed attitude toward life
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- anxiety disorder following exposure to a life-threatening or other extreme event that evoked great horror or helplessness; characterized by flashbacks, nightmares, and impaired functioning