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After studying Chapter 18, you should be able to
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define the features of the field of health psychology; |
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discuss the concept of a model and how it might help theorists and researchers understand the relationships between personality and health; |
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identify and discuss the five models of the personality-health link presented by Larsen and Buss; |
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define the key components of stress; |
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identify and discuss the key features of stressors; |
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discuss the key features of the stress response; |
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identify and discuss each of the three stages of the general adaptation syndrome; |
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discuss the relationships between major life events, stress, and illness; |
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discuss the relationships between daily hassles, stress, and health; |
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define and differentiate primary appraisal and secondary appraisal; |
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discuss the role of positive emotions in coping with stress; |
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discuss and distinguish attributional style, optimism, dispositional optimism, self-efficacy, and optimistic bias as coping strategies, including a review of how each concept is related to health; |
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briefly review work on the relationships between optimism and physical well-being, including a discussion of how optimism promotes health; |
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discuss the health risks of chronic emotional inhibition; |
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discuss the health benefits of self-disclosure and the revelation of secrets; |
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discuss the findings of research on the relationships between Type A behavior pattern and cardiovascular disease; |
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discuss hostility as the lethal component of the Type A behavior pattern; and, finally, |
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review the application of each of the five models of the personality-health link to Type A behavior pattern and cardiovascular disease. |