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Any behavior that is intended to hurt someone, either physically or verbally. |
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A variety of beverages containing ethyl alcohol. |
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Loss of memories for events that occur after a head injury. |
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Approach-approach conflict |
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A conflict situation in which a choice must be made between two attractive goals. |
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Approach-avoidance conflict |
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A conflict situation in which a choice must be made about whether to pursue a single goal that has both attractive and unattractive aspects. |
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Focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events. |
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Autonomic nervous system (ANS) |
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The system of nerves that connect to the heart, blood vessels, smooth muscles, and glands. |
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Avoidance-avoidance conflict |
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A conflict situation in which a choice must be made between two unattractive goals. |
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Any overt (observable) response or activity by an organism. |
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A model of illness that holds that physical illness is caused by a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. |
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Physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion that is attributable to work-related stress. |
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Unrealistically pessimistic appraisals of stress that exaggerate the magnitude of one's problems. |
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The release of emotional tension. |
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A state that occurs when two or more incompatible motivations or behavioral impulses compete for expression. |
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Relatively healthful efforts that people make to deal with stressful events. |
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Active efforts to master, reduce, or tolerate the demands created by stress. |
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Largely unconscious reactions that protect a person from unpleasant emotions such as anxiety and guilt. |
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Diverting emotional feelings (usually anger) from their original source to a substitute target. |
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A group of glands that secrete chemicals into the bloodstream that help control bodily functioning. |
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A physiological reaction to threat in which the autonomic nervous system mobilizes the organism for attacking (fight) or fleeing (flight) an enemy. |
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The feeling that people experience in any situation in which their pursuit of some goal is thwarted. |
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General adaptation syndrome |
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Selye's model of the body's stress response, consisting of three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. |
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Spending an inordinate amount of time on the Internet and being unable to control online use. |
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Passive behavior produced by exposure to unavoidable aversive events. |
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Any noticeable alterations in one's living circumstances that require readjustment. |
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A family of mental exercises in which a conscious attempt is made to focus attention in a nonanalytical way. |
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A general tendency to expect good outcomes. |
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The branch of the autonomic nervous system that generally conserves bodily resources. |
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The “master gland“ of the endocrine system; it releases a great variety of hormones that fan out through the body, stimulating actions in the other endocrine glands. |
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Posttraumatic stress disorder |
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Disturbed behavior that is attributed to a major stressful event but that emerges after the stress is over. |
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Expectations or demands that one behave in a certain way. |
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The percentage of a population that exhibits a disorder during a specified time period. |
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Physical ailments with a genuine organic basis that are caused in part by psychological factors, especially emotional distress. |
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An approach to therapy that focuses on altering clients' patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive emotions and behavior. |
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Loss of memories for events that occurred prior to a head injury. |
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The collection of subjects selected for observation in an empirical study. |
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Various types of aid and succor provided by members of one's social networks. |
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The condition that exists when the probability that the observed findings are due to chance is very low. |
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Any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to threaten one's well-being and that thereby tax one's coping abilities. |
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The branch of the autonomic nervous system that mobilizes the body's resources for emergencies. |
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Personality characterized by (1) a strong competitive orientation, (2) impatience and time urgency, and (3) anger and hostility. |
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Personality characterized by relatively relaxed, patient, easygoing, amicable behavior. |
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