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1
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What is stress

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When an organism is facing a stimulation of a stiuls and demands more attention than others

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who studies stress

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SELYE

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What is eustress

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Positive stress

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What is distress

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bad stress ( negative stress)

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What is appraisal

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How we deal with stress
We look at the situation and see it is a threat or a challenge
We then see if we have the skills or resources to deal with it

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what is a challenge

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Something is going to ask more of me, but I have the skills to deal with it

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What is a threat

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faced with a stimulation, we feel like we do not have the resources to deal with them

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What is acute stress

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it is short-lived stress, and it is adaptive. Can cause inflammation in our bodies

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What is chronic stress

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When wer constantly stressed

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What is Yerkes Dodson law

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In order to preform well, we need the level of arousal to be optimal.

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What is the maximal adaptability model

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When faced with higher levels of stress than before, were capable to rise above it.

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What are physical stressors

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Extreme temp ( too cold or too hot)

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What are catastrophes

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Man made ( war) or nature made ( tsunami)

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What are other types of stressors

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life changes, daily hassles, social and culturea, a threat to the ego and anticipating catastrophies

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Who is responsible for the studies of stress response system

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CANON

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What does epinepherine do to our bodies

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( catecholamines)
Energizes our body, the live increase the production of glucose and enhances our survival and helps the fight or flight response

17
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Is norepinephrine part of the catecholamine family

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YES :)

18
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What is the freeze response

A

We become still, and under certain circumstances it is adaptive as the body will shut down and feel less pain since the heart slows down

19
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who are the players in the stress response system

A

Amygdala,hypothalamus,hippocampus,prefrontal cortex and ANS

20
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How does the amygdala respond to stress

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The watchdog of the brain, it detects danger and sends the alarm at lightning speed ( fastest responder)

21
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How does the hypothalamus respond to stress

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It will control the ANS Since it orderes around and sends stress hormones to the body

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How is the hippocampus going to respond to stress

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It it linked and associated with memoru, so it will help form new memories and will influence how we deal with new stress by remembering the old stress

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How does the prefrontal cortex

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Important when faced with a threatening stimuli , it takes longer for it to make a decision and will either agree with the amygdala or dissagree

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How is the pituitary gland going to respond to stress

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The gland boss

25
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What is the adrenal glands going to respond to stress

A

Release EN , NE and other stress hormones

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What is the SAM AXIS

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When the alarm is active the amygdala activates the hypothamaus, it will sends signals to the spinal cord to the adrenal medulla and release NE and EN.

27
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What is the HPA AXIS

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Amygdala will activate the hypothalamus, it will release CRH that will activate the pituitary gland, that will release ACTH to activate the adrenal cortex and release cortison and other stress hormones

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How can cortisol affect your body

A

It is good for short term periods since it is to provide more glucose, but if too long it will kill neurons and have other negative effects in our body

29
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What is the diathesis-stress model

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The link between chronic stress and an increase for ilness

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Whar is diathesis

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Some of us are more vulnerable to this modal and depending on genetics ,environment it will activate chronic stress

31
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What can be a risk for schizophrenia

A

When a woman is pregnant and has a cold

32
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What is human plasticity

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When influenced by our environement some of us are more plastic than others . The positive influences will benefit us much mroe

33
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What are some unhealthy behaviours ,

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Poor sleep, heart attacks and drugs / alcohol

34
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What weakens when were experience acute stress

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The goal is to survive, so some part of our body that are not useful when experienng stress will be supressed.

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What can chronic stress caused

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Risk for depression,alzhimers diabetes and cancer and will weakend our immune system even more

36
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What are telomeres responsible for

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They are the end of the chromosome and they protect the dna

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What is important in a healthy telomere

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The it is long and and healthy, if thats not the case they will be shroter and we will not live long

38
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Does chronic stress have an effect on telomeres

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YES, if chronic stress is too much for too long it will shorten

39
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What is a telomerase

A

An enzyme that helps repair and replenish telomeres

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