Across
- 2. Study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes affect immunity.
- 3. Self-perceived happiness or life satisfaction.
- 6. Positive, motivating stress perceived as a challenge.
- 7. Feeling worse off compared to others.
- 8. Judging things relative to a neutral level set by prior experience.
- 10. Scientific study of human flourishing and well-being.
- 14. Perception that outside forces determine our fate.
- 15. Releasing aggressive energy to relieve aggressive urges.
- 18. Field studying how psychological factors impact health and wellness.
- 19. Significant childhood traumas (abbr.).
- 20. First stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome.
- 21. Term for easygoing, relaxed people.
- 22. Stress response involving nurturing and seeking social support.
- 24. Perception that we control our own destiny.
- 25. Six virtues studied in positive psychology (wisdom, courage, etc.).
Down
- 1. Second stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome.
- 4. Stress hormone released by the endocrine system; slower but longer lasting.
- 5. Tendency to feel emotions corresponding to our actions.
- 9. Coping by changing the stressor or interaction with it.
- 11. Coping by avoiding stressors and managing emotional needs.
- 12. Three-stage model of the body's stress response that includes alarm, resistance and exhaustion.
- 13. Negative, debilitating stress.
- 16. The process of perceiving and responding to threatening events.
- 17. Term for competitive, impatient, anger-prone people who are more prone to coronary heart disease.
- 23. Final stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome.
