ap psych stress vocab
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Elena Byrne AP Psychology: Stress and Health Behavioral medicine - An interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease. Stress - The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stessors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging. Type B - Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people. Aerobic exercise - Sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; may also alleviate depression and anxiety. General adaptation syndrome (GAS) - Seyle's concept that the body responds to stress with alarm, resistance and exhaustion.
