• Describe the sudden death syndrome and the factors related to it. Discuss how culture shock can lead to sudden death among Hmong immigrants. (pp. 203-204; Mental Health and Society)
  
  
• List the DSM-IV-TR criteria for diagnosis of psychological factors affecting medical conditions. Explain the rationale for changes in terminology from psychosomatic to psychophysiological. (pp. 204-206)
  
  
• Discuss the three models for understanding stress, including Selyes general adaptation syndrome, the life change model, and Lazaruss transaction model. (pp. 206-210)
  
  
• Discuss the research linking emotional states to vulnerability to infection. Discuss the evidence for and against the claim that stress influences the development of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). (pp. 210-212)
  
  
• Describe the components of the immune system and evidence that stress decreases its functioning. (pp. 212-213)
  
  
• Describe the mediating effects of control and hardiness on stress. (pp. 213-215)
  
  
• Discuss the evidence linking personality, mood, and cancer. (pp. 215-217)
  
  
• Describe the relationship between stress and coronary heart disease and the influence of the Type A personality on CHD. (pp. 217-220)
  
  
• Describe the relationship between stress and essential hypertension, and the ethnic and social factors associated with it. (pp. 220-223)
  
  
• Describe the nature of migraine, tension, and cluster headaches. (pp. 223-225)
  
  
• Describe asthma and the psychological factors related to it. (pp. 225-226)
  
  
• Discuss the psychodynamic and biological perspectives on psychophysiological disorders, including the somatic weakness, autonomic response specificity, and the general adaptation hypotheses. (pp. 226-227)
  
  
• Discuss the behavioral perspective on psychophysiological disorders, including the influence of classical conditioning and operant conditioning. Describe how sociocultural factors influence coronary heart disease. (pp. 227-229)
  
  
• Define behavioral medicine and describe various interventions for psychophysiological disorders, including medical, relaxation training, biofeedback, and cognitive-behavior therapy. (pp. 229-232)