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Senescene
primary aging, neutral physical decline due to aging
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secondary aging
physical decline due to enviornmental factors or choices made by person
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Stress
physical/physiological response to a stressor, stimulus that may produce feelings of tension and anxiety
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Cognitive appraisel: primary appraisel
assesment of event to determine whether implications are positive, negative, neutral
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Cognitive appraisel: Secondary appraisel
assesment of whether one's responses are sufficent to cope with potential stressor
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Types of coping: problem-focus
focused on reducing stressor
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Types of coping: emotional-focus
focused on one's feelings about stressor
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Types of coping: defensive coping
unconscious strategies, focused on freuds defense mechanisms
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Types of coping: other factors
social support, predictability, knowledge, internal locus of control
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Psychoneuroimmunology
study of relationship between brain, immune system, and psychological factors
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Cognitive development: postformal thought
dialectical thought, emphasis on contradictions, focus on debate of issues, integration of opposing views
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