Question

1. Stress Disorders and Physical Health:

2. Discuss the three predominant models of mind-body interaction in health psychology and the evidence that favors each one.

3. Discuss the characteristics of events that lead people to perceive them as stressful, and explain why events that do not share these characteristics are not perceived as stressful.

4. Explain the safety signal hypothesis and the phenomena it seeks to explain.

5. Explain why positive events can be stressful.

6. Describe the fight-or-flight response and the ways in which it is adaptive, as well as the ways in which it is maladaptive.

7. Discuss coronary heart disease, its physiological causes, psychological risk factors, and associated conditions.

8. Discuss hypertension, its physiological causes, psychological risk factors, and associated conditions.

9. Discuss how psychological factors can influence immunocompetence and the evidence that psychological factors influence the development and course of physical illness.

10. Discuss the negative physiological and psychological effects of sleep deprivation.

11. Explain how dispositional pessimism may contribute to physical illness and the specific evidence that supports this view.

12. Distinguish between Type A and Type B personalities, and discuss the evidence that Type A personality is associated with early mortality and coronary heart disease.

13. Explain the specific aspects of Type A personality that are most detrimental to health.

14. Define repressive coping style, and summarize the evidence for its negative effect on physical health.

15. Define John Henryism, and explain how it might partly explain higher rates of hypertension in African-American men.

16. Describe the elements of guided mastery techniques, cognitive therapy, biofeedback, and time management training.

Answer 1

1. Stress is a, conscious or unconscious, spiritual sense; or a bodily state which arrives due to bodily or/and psychological pressure and this pressure, bad or good to overpower the adaptable capacities. It is a psychological process which is caused due to a situation which is beyond the coping limit of an individual and these situations may threaten, harm or challenge to an individual and when one tries to adapt these situations stress occurs which is nothing but a psychological response.

There are number of extensive effects of stress disorder. Stress disorder can be an upsetting disorder and its symptoms can have a negative effect in various areas in the life of a person. In particular. Stress disorder mainly has a negative impact on the mental as well as physical health of an individual and it also negatively effects work and relationship of an individual. Apart from the mental problems, people suffering from stress disorder might be at greater danger physical health related problems. These physical problems might include diabetes, obesity, pain, heart problems, respiratory problems and also sexual dysfunction

People with stress disorders have more physical health problems as compared to the mental health problems. One of the reasons of may be due to the fact that when one suffers from stress disorders stress hormones releases in the body and the release of this hormones causes inflammation and eventually damages the body of the person. This increases a risk of certain physical health problems in an individual which also includes severe problems like heart disease. Person suffering from stress disorders also seems to be at greater menace for unhealthy behaviours like smoking which further increases the chances of more physical health problems which also includes respiratory problems.