According to Your Textbook, _____ Are Actions That Increase the Chances

question 126

Multiple Choice

According to your textbook, _____ are actions that increase the chances of disease, injury, or early death.

• A)health refusal factors
• B)neuroimmune risk factors
• C)behavioral risk factors
• D)Type B personality traits

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Definitions:

Realistically Appraising Stress

The process of accurately assessing the sources of stress in one's life and their potential impact.

Managing Emotional Reactions

The process of identifying, understanding, and regulating one's emotions to respond to situations in a healthy way.

Defensive Coping

Strategies individuals use to protect themselves from psychological harm by denying or rationalizing away sources of stress or anxiety.

Unconscious Level

A part of the mind that influences actions and feelings without one's awareness, as theorized in psychoanalytic psychology.