Exam 4: Psychological Factors and Health

Bacteria, fungi, viruses, and cancerous cells are all ______.

When you have been in the alarm reaction stage and the threat is removed, the ______ nervous system takes control of the body.

Most headaches are caused by muscle tension.

When under stress, males are more aggressive than females.

Migraine headaches tend to be ______ intensity, and are characterized by pain on ______ of the head.

Compared to the general population, African Americans have ______ rates of obesity and ______ rates of diabetes.

Recurring stress can lead to chronic ______ headaches.

A myocardial infarction refers to ______.

Identify our emotional and cognitive responses to stress and explain the effects of those reactions on our mind and body.

The researcher known for first identifying the fight-or-flight response is ______.

Health care consumers who wait until they get sick to seek health care or learn about care options are called ______ consumers.

Evidence links regular exercise to a lower risk of some forms of cancer.

Psychological factors, such as stress, ______ in determining our vulnerability to life-threatening diseases such as heart disease and cancer.

The hypothalamus secretes ______ during the alarm reaction.

An emotional state that usually occurs in response to stressors such as frustration and social provocation, and is NOT enduring is called ______.

Aspirin and ibuprofen often reduce the pain associated with headaches by ______.

Dilation of the blood vessels around a wound or injury that serves to increase blood flow to the region and help fight off infectious agents is called ______.

During the exhaustion stage of the general adaptation syndrome, the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system is dominant.

The Recurrent Coronary Prevention Project found that after three years, subjects who learned to reduce Type A behavior patterns had ______ as many recurrent heart attacks as a control group.

Individual capacities for resisting stress vary.