Term Papers on Psychology Terminology

Term Paper Title	Psychology Terminology
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Psychology Terminology

o Health Psychology – uses behavioral principles to promote health and prevent illness.
o Behavioral medicine – applied psychology to manage medical problems such as diabetes or asthma.
o Behavioral risk factors – are behaviors that increase the chances of disease, injury, and death.
o Disease prone personality – people that tend to be chronically depressed, anxious, hostile, and frequently ill.
o Refusal skills training – role-playing to learn how to resist pressures for drug use.
o Life skills training – Practice in stress-reduction, self- protection, decision-making, self-control and social skills.
o Role model – positive examples.
o Wellness- well being…physically and psychologically healthy.
o Stress- is the mental and physical condition that occurs when a person must adjust to the environment.
o Stress reaction- begins with the same autonomic nervous system that arousal that occurs during emotion.
o Pressure- occurs when a person must meet urgent external demands or expectations.
o Threat – something potentially harmful.
o Primary appraisal- when you decide if a situation is relevant or irrelevant, positive or a threat. (Am I in trouble)
o Secondary appraisal- when you assess your resources and choose a way to meet the threat or challenge. (What can I do about it)
o Problem-focused coping- is aimed at managing or altering a distressing situatio...

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