Myers’ PSYCHOLOGY (6th Ed).pptVIP

Chapter 14 Stress and Health James A. McCubbin, PhD Clemson University Modified by Pamela Hammond Brantley County High School What do you think? Take out a scrap piece of paper Brainstorm: Write down all of the things that stress you out; free flow thought Rank your stressors from least to worst Fact or Falsehood? T F 1. Half of all deaths in the United States are due to people’s behavior. T F 2. Cancer rates are higher among concentration camp survivors. T F 3. Compared to others, pessimists are more than twice as likely to develop heart disease. T F 4. Writing about personal traumas in a diary reduces stress and the likelihood of health problems during ensuing months. T F 5. Those who do not exercise are twice as likely as exercisers to report being not “too happy.” T F 6. Religious faith and health show a strong positive correlation. T F 7. Smoking a cigarette takes 12 minutes off one’s life expectancy. T F 8. Genes influence one’s propensity to cigarette addiction. T F 9. It is possible for two people of the same height, age, and activity level to maintain the same weight, even if one of them eats much more than the other does. T F 10. Most people who lose weight on a weight-loss program will eventually regain most of it. Answers: All are true except number 2 Stress and Health Behavioral Medicine interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease Health Psychology subfield of psychology that provides psychology’s contribution to behavioral medicine Stress and Illness Leading causes of death in the US in 1900 and 2000 Stress and Illness Stress the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging Stress Appraisal Stress and Illness General Adaptation Syndrome Selye’s concept of the body’s adaptive response to s