| A | B |
|---|
| Type-A Syndrome | Angry, competitive, and perfectionistic behavior pattern. |
| Chronic Stress | Continuous state of arousal, in which demands perceived to be greater than resources. |
| Anticipatory coping | Efforts made in advance of potential stressor. |
| Psyneuroimmunology | Research specialty that investigates effects of stress on systems and functions of body. |
| Type-T Syndrome | Behavior pattern seeking thrills and taking risks, stimulation, and excitement. |
| Hardiness | Quality resulting from the three "C's" of health: challenge, commitment, & control. |
| Stress Moderator variable | Variable that changes the impact of a stressor on a particular reaction. |
| Posttraumatic Stress disorder | Reaction in which an individual involuntarily re-experiences emotional, cognitive, and behavioral aspects of past trauma. |
| Cognitive Appraisal | Recognition and evaluation of stressor to assess the threat, demand, resources available to deal with it. |
| Biopsychosocial Model | New view of body-mind interaction which examines health consequences of related factors in the nervous system, immune system, behavior, cognition, and environment. |
| Acute stress | Temporary pattern of arousal, with clear onset and offset. |
| Subjective well-being | Individual's evaluative response to their lives. |
