AP Psychology Unit 5 Mental and Physical
Health (updated for 25/26 SY)
1.Health Psychology: the subfield of psychology concerned with ways
psycholog- ical factors influence the causes and treatment of physical
illness and the mainte- nance of health
2.Stress: the process by which we perceive and respond to certain
events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging
3.Hypertension: high blood pressure
4.Immune suppression: a decrease in the production of antibodies
5.Stressors: specific events or chronic pressures that place demands on
a person or threaten the person's well-being
6.Eustress: A positive stress that energizes a person and helps a person
reach a goal
7.Distress: bad stress
8.Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): Stressful or traumatic
experiences, including abuse, neglect, and a range of household
dysfunction, such as witnessing domestic violence or growing up with
substance abuse, mental disorders, parental discord, or crime in the
home.
9.General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS): Seyle's concept that the body
responds to stress with alarm, resistance and exhaustion
10.Alarm reaction phase: the initial reaction to a stressor; activates
protective processes within the body
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,11.Resistance phase: Second phase of the GAS, during which the body
adapts to and maintains resources to cope with the stressor.
12.Fight-flight-freeze response: an involuntary, physical response to a
sudden and immediate threat (or stressor) in readiness for fight
(confront), flight (escape) or freeze (avoid detection)
13.Exhaustion phase: third phase of the GAS, during which the body's
resources become depleted
14.Tend-and-befriend theory: theory that females are more likely than
males to respond to stressors with behaviors that:
Quiet, nurture and care for offspring
(tending) Establish and maintain social
networks (befriending)
15.Problem-focused coping: Attempting to alleviate stress directly by
changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor.
16.Emotion-focused coping: attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or
ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one's
stress reaction
17.Positive psychology: the scientific study of human flourishing, with
the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help
individuals and com- munities to thrive
18.Well-being: self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. Used
along with measures of objective well-being (for example, physical and
economic indicators) to evaluate people's quality of life.
19.Resilience: the personal strength that helps most people cope with
stress and recover from adversity and even trauma
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, 20.Positive emotions: joy, pride, relief, hope, love, and compassion
21.Gratitude: appreciation, thankfulness
22.Positive subjective experiences: the positive but private feelings and
thoughts people have about themselves and the events in their lives
23.Subjective well-being: self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with
life. Used along with measures of objective well-being (for example,
physical and economic indicators) to evaluate people's quality of life.
24.Signature strengths: positive traits that a person owns, celebrates,
and fre- quently exercises
25.Virtues: Firm attitudes, stable dispositions, habitual perfections of
intellect and will that govern our actions, order our passions, and guide
our conduct according to reason and faith
26.Happiness: the state of being happy
27.Categories of virtues: (wisdom, courage, humanity, justice,
temperance, and transcendence)
28.posttraumatic growth: positive psychological changes as a result of
struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises
29.dysfunction: Impaired or abnormal functioning
30.distress: extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain
31.deviation from the social norm: culturally different
32.cultural norms: prescriptions for how people should interact and
what mes- sages should mean in a particular setting
33.Stigma: a mark of disgrace associated with a particular
circumstance, quality, or person.
34.Racism: Belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits
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Health (updated for 25/26 SY)
1.Health Psychology: the subfield of psychology concerned with ways
psycholog- ical factors influence the causes and treatment of physical
illness and the mainte- nance of health
2.Stress: the process by which we perceive and respond to certain
events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging
3.Hypertension: high blood pressure
4.Immune suppression: a decrease in the production of antibodies
5.Stressors: specific events or chronic pressures that place demands on
a person or threaten the person's well-being
6.Eustress: A positive stress that energizes a person and helps a person
reach a goal
7.Distress: bad stress
8.Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): Stressful or traumatic
experiences, including abuse, neglect, and a range of household
dysfunction, such as witnessing domestic violence or growing up with
substance abuse, mental disorders, parental discord, or crime in the
home.
9.General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS): Seyle's concept that the body
responds to stress with alarm, resistance and exhaustion
10.Alarm reaction phase: the initial reaction to a stressor; activates
protective processes within the body
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,11.Resistance phase: Second phase of the GAS, during which the body
adapts to and maintains resources to cope with the stressor.
12.Fight-flight-freeze response: an involuntary, physical response to a
sudden and immediate threat (or stressor) in readiness for fight
(confront), flight (escape) or freeze (avoid detection)
13.Exhaustion phase: third phase of the GAS, during which the body's
resources become depleted
14.Tend-and-befriend theory: theory that females are more likely than
males to respond to stressors with behaviors that:
Quiet, nurture and care for offspring
(tending) Establish and maintain social
networks (befriending)
15.Problem-focused coping: Attempting to alleviate stress directly by
changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor.
16.Emotion-focused coping: attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or
ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one's
stress reaction
17.Positive psychology: the scientific study of human flourishing, with
the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help
individuals and com- munities to thrive
18.Well-being: self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. Used
along with measures of objective well-being (for example, physical and
economic indicators) to evaluate people's quality of life.
19.Resilience: the personal strength that helps most people cope with
stress and recover from adversity and even trauma
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, 20.Positive emotions: joy, pride, relief, hope, love, and compassion
21.Gratitude: appreciation, thankfulness
22.Positive subjective experiences: the positive but private feelings and
thoughts people have about themselves and the events in their lives
23.Subjective well-being: self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with
life. Used along with measures of objective well-being (for example,
physical and economic indicators) to evaluate people's quality of life.
24.Signature strengths: positive traits that a person owns, celebrates,
and fre- quently exercises
25.Virtues: Firm attitudes, stable dispositions, habitual perfections of
intellect and will that govern our actions, order our passions, and guide
our conduct according to reason and faith
26.Happiness: the state of being happy
27.Categories of virtues: (wisdom, courage, humanity, justice,
temperance, and transcendence)
28.posttraumatic growth: positive psychological changes as a result of
struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises
29.dysfunction: Impaired or abnormal functioning
30.distress: extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain
31.deviation from the social norm: culturally different
32.cultural norms: prescriptions for how people should interact and
what mes- sages should mean in a particular setting
33.Stigma: a mark of disgrace associated with a particular
circumstance, quality, or person.
34.Racism: Belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits
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