Exam 4: Psychological Factors and Health

______ have higher rates of cancer than persons from any other ethnic or racial group in American society.

The life expectancy of African Americans is about ______ that of European Americans.

Research has found that in response to stress ______ tend to exhibit the so-called "tend-and-befriend" response.

Of the following, the behavior that causes more deaths than alcohol abuse, legal and illegal drug use, motor vehicle deaths, and gun-related deaths COMBINED is ______.

______ is the leading cause of death in the United States.

Hypertension refers to ______.

Identify and briefly describe the suggestions presented in your text for becoming the active manager of your own health care.

The field that studies the relationship between psychological factors and the functioning of the immune system is ______.

Positive life changes are ______.

When an injury occurs, blood vessels in the area first ______, then ______.

Which of the following is NOT a risk factor for cardiovascular disease?

People who are highly prone to anger are ______ as likely to have heart attacks as others.

Trait anxiety involves predominantly sympathetic arousal, whereas state anxiety involves primarily parasympathetic arousal.

Cancer is the leading cause of death in the United States.

Diseases of adaptation develop during the ______ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.

Women appear to be protected from coronary heart disease until menopause by high levels of ______.

Biologically, the exhaustion stage of the general adaptation syndrome is dominated by ______.

Identify the various parts of the autonomic nervous system and explain their role in the body's response to stress.

In females, the hormone ______ stimulates labor, the production of breast milk while nursing infants, and is associated with nurturing behaviors.

Negative emotions such as anxiety, anger, and depression can motivate us to behave in maladaptive ways.