PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Cardiovascular Disease, Type A And Type B Personality Theory, Coronary Circulation

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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14. 4: defensive coping, avoiding negative feelings associated with stress through the use of defense mechanisms, ex. Denial: emotion focused, control or change emotional reaction, ex. Venting, drinking, meditating: problem focused, change or do something about the situation, ex. Study harder, get help: see (cid:532)constructing coping(cid:533, stress and disease, fig. The physiological response: secretion of catecholamine"s and corticosteroids. Increases energy: also reduces the effectiveness of the immune system, natural killer cell can"t do their jobs as well, stress causes inflammation, provokes illness. Impatient: time-conscious/time-urgency, easily-angered, verbally aggressive, workaholics, type b: easy-going, non-competitive, relaxed, enjoys leisure time, understanding/forgiving, fig. 14. 10: promoting health, therapeutic lifestyle changes (tlcs, 1) exercise, lowers risk of stroke, heart disease, diabetes, depression, high blood pressure, protective effects on the brain; improves learning and attention, 2) relaxation, 3) social support: Increases immune functioning/suppression of corticosteroids: 4) watch your weight, reduce risk of breast cancer, bmi: weight (kg)/height (meters)^2, 5) nutrition: