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PY 101 - Chapter 11
biopsychosocial model - correct answer ✔a model of health that integrates
the effects of biological, behavioral, and social factos on health and illness


placebo effect - correct answer ✔an improvement in health following
treatment with a placebo (a drug or treatment that has no apparent
physiological effect on the health condition for which it was prescribed)


stress - correct answer ✔a pattern of behavioral, and physiological
responses to events when the events match or exceed the organism's ability
to respond in a healthy way


stressor - correct answer ✔an environmental event or stimulus that threatens
an organism


coping response - correct answer ✔any response an organism makes to
avoid, escape, or minimize an aversive stimulus


hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis - correct answer ✔the biological
system responsible for the stress response


fight-or-flight response - correct answer ✔the physiological preparedness of
animals to deal with danger


tend-and-befriend response - correct answer ✔females' tendency to protect
and care for their offspring and form social alliances rather than flee or fight in
response to threat