AP Psychology Unit 5 Mental and Physical
Health (updated for 24,25 SY) Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
Health Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the subfield of psychology
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concerned with ways psychological factors influence the causes and
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treatment of physical illness and the maintenance of health
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Stress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the process by which we perceive and
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respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as
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threatening or challenging | |
Hypertension - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-high blood pressure | | | | |
Immune suppression - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a decrease in the
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production of antibodies | |
Stressors - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-specific events or chronic pressures
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that place demands on a person or threaten the person's well-being
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Eustress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A positive stress that energizes a
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person and helps a person reach a goal
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,Distress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-bad stress
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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Stressful
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or traumatic experiences, including abuse, neglect, and a range of
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household dysfunction, such as witnessing domestic violence or
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growing up with substance abuse, mental disorders, parental discord, or
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crime in the home.
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General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Seyle's
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concept that the body responds to stress with alarm, resistance and
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exhaustion
Alarm reaction phase - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the initial reaction to a
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stressor; activates protective processes within the body
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Resistance phase - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Second phase of the GAS,
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during which the body adapts to and maintains resources to cope with
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the stressor.
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Fight-flight-freeze response - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an involuntary, | | | | | |
physical response to a sudden and immediate threat (or stressor) in
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readiness for fight (confront), flight (escape) or freeze (avoid detection)
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, Exhaustion phase - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-third phase of the GAS,
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during which the body's resources become depleted
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Tend-and-befriend theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-theory that females | | | | | | |
are more likely than males to respond to stressors with behaviors that:
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Quiet, nurture and care for offspring (tending)
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Establish and maintain social networks (befriending)
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Problem-focused coping - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Attempting to | | | | | |
alleviate stress directly by changing the stressor or the way we interact
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with that stressor.
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Emotion-focused coping - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-attempting to | | | | | |
alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to
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emotional needs related to one's stress reaction
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Positive psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of
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human flourishing, with the goals of discovering and promoting
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strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive
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Well-being - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-self-perceived happiness or
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satisfaction with life. Used along with measures of objective well-being
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(for example, physical and economic indicators) to evaluate people's
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quality of life. | |
Health (updated for 24,25 SY) Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
Health Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the subfield of psychology
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concerned with ways psychological factors influence the causes and
| | | | | | | | |
treatment of physical illness and the maintenance of health
| | | | | | | |
Stress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the process by which we perceive and
| | | | | | | | | |
respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as
| | | | | | | | | |
threatening or challenging | |
Hypertension - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-high blood pressure | | | | |
Immune suppression - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a decrease in the
| | | | | | | |
production of antibodies | |
Stressors - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-specific events or chronic pressures
| | | | | | | |
that place demands on a person or threaten the person's well-being
| | | | | | | | | |
Eustress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A positive stress that energizes a
| | | | | | | | |
person and helps a person reach a goal
| | | | | | |
,Distress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-bad stress
| | | |
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Stressful
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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.
| | | |
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Seyle's
| | | | | | |
concept that the body responds to stress with alarm, resistance and
| | | | | | | | | | |
exhaustion
Alarm reaction phase - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the initial reaction to a
| | | | | | | | | |
stressor; activates protective processes within the body
| | | | | |
Resistance phase - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Second phase of the GAS,
| | | | | | | | |
during which the body adapts to and maintains resources to cope with
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the stressor.
|
Fight-flight-freeze response - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an involuntary, | | | | | |
physical response to a sudden and immediate threat (or stressor) in
| | | | | | | | | | |
readiness for fight (confront), flight (escape) or freeze (avoid detection)
| | | | | | | | |
, Exhaustion phase - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-third phase of the GAS,
| | | | | | | | |
during which the body's resources become depleted
| | | | | |
Tend-and-befriend theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-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)
| | | | |
Problem-focused coping - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Attempting to | | | | | |
alleviate stress directly by changing the stressor or the way we interact
| | | | | | | | | | | |
with that stressor.
| |
Emotion-focused coping - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-attempting to | | | | | |
alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to
| | | | | | | | | | |
emotional needs related to one's stress reaction
| | | | | |
Positive psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of
| | | | | | | |
human flourishing, with the goals of discovering and promoting
| | | | | | | | |
strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive
| | | | | | | | |
Well-being - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-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. | |
