Psychology Modules for Active Learning (13th Edition)

Approach which states that diseases are caused by a combination of biological, psychological, and social factors.

A study of the ways cognitive and behavioral principles can be used to prevent illness and promote health.

The study of behavioral factors in medicine, physical illness, and medical treatment.

They apply psychology to manage medical problems.

A disease related to health-damaging personal habits (heart disease, HIV/AIDS, lung cancer, etc)

Behaviors that increase the chances of disease, injury, or premature death.

A personality type associated with poor health; marked by persistent negative emotions, including anxiety, depression, and hostility.

Program that teaches youths how to resist pressures to begin smoking (also can be applied to other drugs and health risks).

A program that teaches stress reduction, self-protection, decision making, self-control, and social skills.

A community-wide education program that provides information about how to lessen risk factors and promote health.

The mental and physical condition that occurs when a person must adjust or adapt to the environment.

The physical response to stress, consisting mainly of bodily changes related to autonomic nervous system arousal.

A series of bodily reactions to prolonged stress; occurs in three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.

First stage of the GAS, during which bodily resources are mobilized to cope with a stressor.

Second stage of the GAS, during which the bodily adjustments to stress stabilize, but at a high physical cost.

Third stage of the GAS, at which time the body's resources are exhausted and serious health consequences occur.

A positive state of good health; more than the absence of disease.

A specific condition or event in the environment that challenges or threatens a person.

Deciding if a situation is relevant to oneself and if it is a threat.

Deciding how to cope with a threat or challenge.

A stressful condition that occurs when a person must meet urgent external demands or expectations.

A work-related condition of mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion.

A scale that rates the impact of various life events on the likelihood of illness.

Any distressing, day-to-day annoyance.

A negative emotional state that occurs when one is prevented from reaching a goal.

Stress caused by the many changes and adaptations required when a person moves to a foreign culture.

Any response made with the intent of causing harm.

Redirecting aggression to a target other than the actual source of one's frustration.

Blaming a person or a group of people for conditions not of their making.

Reducing discomfort by leaving frustrating situations or by psychologically withdrawing from them.

A stressful condition that occurs when a person must choose between incompatible or contradictory alternatives.

Choosing between two positive, or desirable, alternatives.

Choosing between two negative, undesirable alternatives.

Being attracted to and repelled by the same goal or activity.

Being simultaneously attracted to and repelled by each of several alternatives.