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health psychology
the field of psychological science concerned with the events that affect physical well-being
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well-being
a positive state that includes striving for optimal health
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biopsychosocial model
a model of health that integrates the effects of biological, behavioral, and social factors on health and illness
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placebo effect
a drug or treatment, unrelated to the particular problem of the person who recieves it, may make the recipient feel better because the person believes the drug or treatment is effective
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stress
a pattern of behavioral and physiological responses to events that match or exceed an organism's abilities to respond
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stressor
an environmental stimuli that threatens an organism
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coping response
any response an organism makes to avoid, escape from, or minimize an aversive stimuli
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hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)
the biological system responsible for the stress response
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fight-or-flight
the physiological preparedness of animals to deal with danger
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tend-and-befriend response
females' tendency to protect and care for their offspring and form social alliances rather than flee or fight in response to threat
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oxytocin
a hormone that is important for mothers in bonding with their newborns
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lymphocytes
specialized white blood cells known as B cells, T cells, and natural killer cells that make up the immune system
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immune system
the body's mechanism for dealing with invading microorganisms, such as allergs, bacteria, and viruses
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type A behavior pattern
a pattern of behavior characterized by competitiveness, achievement orientation, aggressiveness, hostility, restlessness, inability to relax and impatience with others
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type B behavior pattern
a pattern of behavior characterized by relaxed, noncompetative, easygoing, and accommodating behavior
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allostatic load theory of illness
when people are continually stressed, they are unable to return to bodily states that characterize normal stress levels
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primary appraisal
part of the coping process that involves making decisions about whether a stimulus is stressful, benign or irrelevant
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secondary appraisal
part of the coping process during which people evaluate their options and choose coping behaviors
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emotion-focused coping
a type of coping in which people try to prevent having an emotional response to a stressor
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problem-focused coping
a type of coping in which people take direct steps to confront or minimize a stressor
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body mass index (BMI)
a ration of body weight to height, used to measure obesity
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anorexia nervosa
an eating disorder characterized by an excessive fear of becoming fat and thus a refusal to eat
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bulimia nervosa
an eating disorder characterized by dieting, binge eating, and purging
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social integration
the quality of a person's social relationships
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buffering hypothesis
the idea that other people can provide direct support in helping individuals cope with stressful events
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