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Biopsychological
holds that physical illness is caused by complex interaction of biological, psychologica, and sociocultural factors. TERM 2
Chronic Vs. Acute
DEFINITION 2 Chronic is long term Acute is short term Stress affect illnesses..duh fucking duh TERM 3
Meyer Friedman & Ray
Rosenman
DEFINITION 3 Personality impacts heart disease, not psychologist that are medical doctors. Type A- sensitivity to time, always in a hurry, anger and hostile, easily aggrevated TERM 4
Health Psychology
DEFINITION 4 Health psychology is concerned with understanding how biology, behavior, and social context influence health and illness. Prevention, treatment, and the cause. TERM 5
Hostility
DEFINITION 5 Hostility (also called inimicality) is a form of angry internal rejection or denial in psychology. Overtly aggressive action. Cynical , mistrusting thought.
Coronary Heart Disease
results from a reduction in blood flow though the coronary arteries, which supply the heart with blood. TERM 7
Type A Personality
DEFINITION 7 THREE ELEMENTS: strong competitive oreintation impatience and time urgency anger and hostility TERM 8
Type B personality
DEFINITION 8 RELAXED, patient, easygoing, amicable behavior. TERM 9
Depressive disorder
DEFINITION 9 persistant feeling sof sadness, and dispair, ususally called psychological disorder. Emotional dysfucntion can cause heart disease TERM 10
Cancer
DEFINITION 10 Malignant cell growth, which may occur in many organ systems in the body.
Set point theory
body monitors fat cell levels to keep them TERM 17
Settling point theory
DEFINITION 17 Weight tends to drift around the level at which the constellation of factors that determine food consumptions and energery expenditure achieve equiliburium. TERM 18
AIDS: Aquired Immun Deficiency Syndrome
DEFINITION 18 immune system is gradually weakened and eventually disabled by the human immunedeficiency Drugs_ HIghly active antiretroviral therapy- people can live longer TERM 19
Robin Dimatteo: Seeking treatment
DEFINITION 19 Active complex problem solving: 1. decide the physical sensations are symptoms 2. apparent illness warrents medical attention 3. trouble making actual arrangments for medical care, complicated and time consuming. Reason why they delay: 1. misinterpert and downplay the significant of thier symptoms 2. fret about looking silly 3. worry about wasting the doctors time 4. reluctant to disrupt thier plans 5. waste time on trivial matters TERM 20
Tolerance
DEFINITION 20 progressive decrease in a person's responsiveness to a drug with continued use
Physical Dependance
when a person must continue to take a drug to aviod with drawl illness which occurs when drug use is stopped TERM 22
Psychological Dependance
DEFINITION 22 when a person must continue to tqake a drug to satisfy intense mental and emotional craving for it. TERM 23
Overdose
DEFINITION 23 excessive dose of drug..can die TERM 24
Narcotics or opiates
DEFINITION 24 derived from opium that are capable of relieving pain TERM 25
Sedatives
DEFINITION 25 sleep inducing drugs that tend to decrease central nervous system and behavioral activity
