AP Psychology
Stress, Health, and Coping
Vocabulary List
Instructions:
You are to write one index card for each of the enclosed terms. On the front you are to write the term and on the
reverse you are to write the definition and an example or application of the term you are explaining. Writing the names
associated with each is also HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. The index cards must be in order and must be numbered. The
more you put into it, the better it will be.
Chapter 14
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Biopsychosocial model of stress
Health psychology
Stress
Primary appraisal
Secondary appraisal
Acute stressors
Chronic stressors
Frustration
Conflict
Approach – approach conflict
Avoidance – avoidance conflict
Approach – avoidance conflict
Life changes
Pressure
Emotional response to stress
Physiological response to stress
Behavioral response to stress
Inverted U-hypothesis
Fight or flight
General adaptation syndrome
Alarm stage
Resistance stage
Exhaustion stage
Neurogenesis
Coping
Learned helplessness
Aggression
Catharsis
Internet addiction
Defense mechanisms
Constructive coping
Burnout
Resilience
Psychosomatic disease
Type A Personality
Type B Personality
Immune responses
Social support
Optimism
AIDS
Catastrophic thinking
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Rational Emotive Therapy
Walter Cannon
Robin Di Matteo
Albert Ellis
Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman
Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe
Janice Kiecolt-Glaser
Richard Lazarus
Neal Miller
Hans Selye
Shelley Taylor