Across
- 5. People’s sense of their happiness and satisfaction with their lives.
- 6. The branch of psychology that investigates the psychological factors related to wellness and illness, including the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of medical problems.
- 7. A personality trait characterized by a sense of commitment, the perception of problems as challenges, and a sense of control.
- 8. A mutual network of caring, interested others.
- 9. A cluster of behaviors involving hostility, competitiveness, time urgency, and feeling driven.
- 11. A person’s response to events that are threatening or challenging
- 14. A state in which people conclude that unpleasant or aversive stimuli cannot be controlled—a view of the world that becomes so ingrained that they cease trying to remedy the aversive circumstances even if they actually can exert some influence on the situation.
- 15. (GAS) A theory developed by Selye that suggests that a person’s response to a stressor consists of three stages: alarm and mobilization, resistance, and exhaustion.
- 16. (“daily hassles”) Everyday annoyances, such as being stuck in traffic, that cause minor irritations and may have long-term ill effects if they continue or are compounded by other stressful events.
- 17. The efforts to control, reduce, or learn to tolerate the threats that lead to stress.
- 18. A phenomenon in which victims of major catastrophes or strong personal stressors feel long-lasting effects that may include re-experiencing the event in vivid flashbacks or dreams.
Down
- 1. The study of the relationship among psychological factors, the immune system, and the brain.
- 2. A cluster of behaviors characterized by a patient, cooperative, noncompetitive, and nonaggressive manner.
- 3. Medical problems influenced by an interaction of psychological, emotional, and physical difficulties.
- 4. Strong stressors that occur suddenly and typically affect many people at once (e.g., natural disasters).
- 10. The ability to withstand, overcome, and actually thrive after profound adversity.
- 12. Major life events, such as the death of a family member, that have immediate negative consequences that generally fade with time.
- 13. a stress hormone