A1: Health And Stress

Question 1

How would you define Biomedical health?

Answer 1

Health is viewed in terms of physical or biological factors. An individual is either ill or not ill.

Question 2

How would you define Biopsychosocial health?

Answer 2

Health is viewed as an interaction of biological, psychological and social factors. Health exists in a continuum between healthy and ill.

Question 3

How would you define stress?

Answer 3

It is an emotional and physical response to situations of threat (called stressors)

Question 4

How would you define stressors?

Answer 4

They are situations that cause you to be stressed.

Question 5

What are the two types of stressors?

Answer 5

Physical: noise and temperature
Psychological: everyday hassles or major life events

Question 6

What are the two types of stressors?

Answer 6

Physical: noise and temperature
Psychological: everyday hassles or major life events

Question 7

When does psychological stress occur?

Answer 7

When the demands of the environment are greater than an individual’s perceived ability to cope with them.

Question 8

What resources may individuals use to combat stress?

Answer 8

Internal coping: resources are internal, such as resilience and self efficacy.
External coping: mostly social, like social support, friends, family etc…