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Chapter 13: Health, Stress and Coping

Define health psychology, behavioral medicine, and psychoneuroimmunology.
Describe the effects of exercise on physical and mental health.
Describe the importance of proper nutrition to good health.
Discuss the causes of obesity and describe the results of research on dieting.
Distinguish between anorexia nervosa and bulimia.
Identify and describe the techniques used to help people quit smoking.
Discuss the prevalence of misinformation about sexual matters.
Identify and describe the various sexually transmitted diseases.
Discuss governmental efforts to promote health.
Identify the roles played by ethnicity and gender in health and life expectancy.
Describe the difficulties in defining the term stress.
Identify the stages of Selye's general adaptation syndrome.
Explain the importance of cognitive factors in stress.
Describe the type A behavior pattern.
Identify the personality style called hardiness.
Describe the components of overload, conflict and frustration.
Describe the impact of life events and daily hassles on our lives.
Explain the following sociocultural factors in stress: acculturation, socioeconomic status, and gender.
Contrast problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping.
Discuss the advantages of optimism and positive thinking.
Describe efforts to control stress with social support and with stress management techniques such as meditation, relaxation and biofeedback.

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