Psyc exam 4

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Biopsychosocial Model of Health

The integration of biological, psychological, and social factors in dealing w/health related behaviors

Health Behaviors

Practices that have an impact on physical well-being

How do we get ppl to change a behavior?

Theory of reasoned action and theor of planned behavior

Precontemplation

"not ready to change"

contemplation

"they need to change"

preparation/determination

"prepairing to take action"

action/will power

"enact a plan"

maintenance

"sucess over time"

stress

used to describe physical, emostional. cognitive, and behavioral responses to event that are preceived as threating or challenging

stressors

events that cause stress reactions

distress

stress caude by unpleasant happenings such as divorse, losing home

eustress

stress thats caused by positive happenings

what are three levels of stressors

Catastrophes, major life changes, hassles

Problem focused coping

Cognitive strategy of squarely facing one's troubles and trying to solve them for example finding info on a disease, managing, rearrage life

Emostion focused coping

Trying to manage ones emostional reaction to a stressor rather then focussing on the root of problm

Abnormality

Any pattern of behavior that causes people significant distress, causes them to harm thmslfor others, or interferes w/ability to function

Psychoanalytic

Disorders caused by unconscious conflict

Behaviorism

Disoders are learned thru rewards & punishment

Cognitive

Disorders are caused by illogical thinking

phobias

irrational fear that causes undue personal distress and or interferes with normal functioning

(OCD) Obsession

Intruding thoughts that occur again and again

(OCD) compulsions

ritualistic behavior that reduces anxiety

Panic disorder

sudden onset of extreme panic; impending sense of doom

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

excessive worrying around the clock tht interfears w/normal functioning

Post traumatic stress disorder

results from traumatic event

PTSD charicteristics, wth r they?

flashbacks, emostionally acoidant, exaggerated startle response, difficulty concentraiting, impulsive outburst (soemtimes aggressive)

Psychonalytic approach

anxiety disorders are the result of repressed feelings and thoughts

Behavioral approach

anxiety disorders are learned overtime

cognitive approach

anxiety disorders are the result of illogical, irrational thinking patterns

magnifaction

"exaggeration of events, ideas, feelings"

all-or-nothing thinking

"must be perfect or it's completly ruined"

overgeneralization

"single negative event interpreted as a pattern"

miniminzation

"only look at the bad, minimizing positives"