2 Stress: Physiological and Behavioral Responses

Question 1

Selye’s Stress Adaptation/Response Theory

Answer 1

activity requires an adaptive response

Question 2

Psychoneuroimmunology model

Answer 2

persistent stress suppresses immune system

Question 3

Fight-or-Flight Response

Answer 3

biochemical changes prepare for threat

Question 4

General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) 1

Answer 4

alarm reaction

• stressor perceived as threat
• increased secretion of glucocorticoids (cortisol)
• activation of sympathetic (fight vs flight)

Question 5

General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) 2

Answer 5

stage of resistance (adaptation)

- body attempts to maintain homeostasis

Question 6

General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) 3

Answer 6

stage of recovery

OR

stage of exhaustion
(body can’t maintain homeostasis)

Question 7

anxiety

Answer 7

apprehension, uneasiness, uncertainty, dread resulting from real/perceived threat whose source is UNKNOWN/UNRECOGNIZED

Question 8

fear

Answer 8

reaction to SPECIFIC danger, body reacts with surge of autonomic arousal necessary for fight or flight, thoughts of imminent danger, and escape behaviors

Question 9

primary appraisal

Answer 9

evaluate event for personal meaning: harm/loss, threat, challenge

Question 10

secondary appraisal

Answer 10

focus on coping strategies: coping options, likelihood of working, possibilities

Question 11

ALL patients in hospital have at least ____ anxiety

Answer 11

mild

Question 12

Coping mechanism most commonly seen in hospitalized patients

Answer 12

denial/repression

Question 13

intellectualization

Answer 13

avoid emotional aspects

Question 14

somatization

Answer 14

transform anxiety to physical complaints

SIMILAR TO CONVERSION (CLUSTER)

Question 15

conversion

Answer 15

transform anxiety to physical symptoms (usually neurological in nature)

SIMILAR TO SOMATIZATION (CLUSTER)

Question 16

health & wellness

Answer 16

lifelong process of SUCCESSFUL adaptation to changing internal/external environment