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Ch 2 Stress Flashcards

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Stress

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  • Stress is response to negative and pleasurable physical challenges and achievement of personal goals.
  • Cluster of physical and psychological responses
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What is Stress

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Stress refers to: Physical Reactions & Emotional Reactions

Stressor - Physical or psychological event that triggers physical and emotional reactions.

Stress Response - The reactions themselves.

How We Experience Stress - Each person is different depends on many factors: nature of the stressor, how it is percieved

Short Term & Long Term Response

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Two Systems in Your Body Responsible for Physical Response:

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Two Divisions of Autonomic Nervous System

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Parasympathetic Division

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Sympathetic Division

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Norepinephrine

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How do the Sympathetic Nervous System & Endocrine System Work Together in an Emergency?

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Fight-or-Flight Reaction?

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What is the Return to Homeostasis?

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What is Cortisol?

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What are Enforphins?

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Fight-or-Flight in Modern Life?

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What are some Effective & Ineffective Responses to stress?

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Endocrine System

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What is the Somatic Nervous System?

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Personality Types:

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What is a Hardy Personality?

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What is Resilance Personality Traits?

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Nonreactive Resilience?

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What is Homeostatic Resilience?

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What is Positive Growth Resilience?

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Difference Between How Men & Women Cope With Stress?

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What is (GAS) General Adaptation Syndrome?

What are the Three Stages?

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What is Allostatic Load?

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What is (PNI) Psychoneuroimmunology?

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What is Chronic Stress?

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Links Between Stress & Specific Conditions?

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What is Acute Stress?

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Cardiovascular Disease?

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What Psycological Problems are Associated with Stress?

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What is Altered Immune Function?

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What are Tension Headaches?

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What are Migraine Headaches and What Causes Them?

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What are Cluster Headaches and What Causes Them?

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What Other Health Problems Can be Caused by Stress?

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What are Some Common Sources of Stress?

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What are Some Social Stressors?

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Ways to Manage Stress?

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What is (REM) Rapid Eye Movement Sleep?

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What is (non-REM) Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep?

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What is Sleep Deprivation?

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What is Insomnia and What Causes it?

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What is Sleep Apnea and What Causes it?

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How Does Time Management Help Stress?

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How Does Spiritual Wellness Help Stress?

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After several weeks of not sleeping well, Betty made an appointment with her physician. The physician asked Betty if she drank caffeine or alcohol before bed or experienced a stressful event. By answering “yes” to some of these questions, Betty may be diagnosed with?

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Insomnia

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As Samantha went through the ______________ sleep cycle, she experienced a decrease in blood pressure; slowing of heart rate and respiration; growth hormone release; slow and even brain wave patterns; and a decrease in body temperature.

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non-rapid eye movement

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Stress brought on by an unpleasant stressor is called?

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Distress

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Tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs are _________ strategies to cope with stress.

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counterproductive

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Another name for the neurotransmitter norepinephrine is?

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noradrenaline

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_____________ is secreted by the cortex of the adrenal gland prompted by the nerves of the autonomic nervous system.

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Cortisol

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Physical activity is a beneficial method to reduce stress. To complement physical activity, good healthy _______ provide(s) an additional energy bank to draw from when experiencing stress.

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eating habits

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You are involved in a football game. A member of the opposing team falls and appears to be in severe pain. The _______ division of the autonomic nervous system is engaged.

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symphathetic

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An individual with which personality type is relaxed and contemplative?

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Type B personality

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During which of the following would the neurotransmitter norepinephrine most likely be released?

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during an emergency

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At a well-attended social event, your roommate approches and confronts you in a hostile manner in front of yoru friends. What phase of the general adaptation syndrome will you experience?

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ALARM

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Another name for cortisol is

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Hydrocortisone

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Hormones are transported in the bloodstream to _______, ______ for specific activites.

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organs, target cells

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The symphathetic division is active during times of _________.

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arousal

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According to the American Psychological Association, ____% of adult Americans suffer from physical symptoms related to stress.

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76%

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One function of hormones is to influence?

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metabolism

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An interaction between the nervous system and the endocrine system affects the immune system. The study of the interactions amoung the three systems is called?

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psychoneuroimmunology

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As much as Steve tries to control his response to stressors, he understands that emotional responses are influenced by his

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personality

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The relaxation technique called vizualization enables a person to ______without guilt.

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daydream

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