chapter 1 Flashcards

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The first person to describe the effects of accute stress

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Walter Cannon

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2
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Primitive Response that increases heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, and seurm cholestrol

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Fight or Flight Response

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3
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first person to describe effects of long term chronic stress

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Hans Selye

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4
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3 states of General Adaption syndrome

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  1. Alarm Reaction 2. stage of resistance 3. stage of Exhaustion
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5
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defined stress as a nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it

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Hans Selye

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6
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two types of stress

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Eustress and Distress

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7
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good stress

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Eustress

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8
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bad stress

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Distress

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9
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human brain failure to symbolic stressors of 20th century life

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Simeons

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10
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ilness, disease and stress (emotional stress of pow camps and death)

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Wold, Lejhan, Engel

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11
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Identified relationship between stress and coronary heart diseases

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Friedman and Rosenman

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12
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Stress and Headaches

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wolf and wolff

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13
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imagery of tx benifits and cancer therapy

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Simonton

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14
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Techniques and concepts

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realization response, autogenic training, progressive muscular relaxation, biofeedback

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15
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theory wher ea situation requires more resources than are available, more stressful events one experiences, the greater his stress, and daily hassles and uplifts

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life events theory

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16
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theory based ont he attitude of stress (challenge vs. threat)

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Hardiness theory

17
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theory based on insufficient social support for responding to events

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Social Support Theory

18
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Definition of Stress

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Stimulus +reactivity +strain

19
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examples of stimulus

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potential to cause stress (stressor), environmental (noise and toxins_psychological (self-esteem , depression) sociiological (unemployment, recession), philosophical (purpose in live

20
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reactivity

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duration and degree of stress

21
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important in stress reactivity

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your perception, coping strategies, and gender