Chapter 11: Managing Stress and Fatigue

Question 1

Acute stress is what

Answer 1

Momentary and quick onset stress

Question 2

Harmful stress is called what

Answer 2

distress

Question 3

Family ecology theory is

Answer 3

how the family interacts with the environment

Question 4

Family systems theory :

Answer 4

family is viewed as a system where each member influences the others

Question 5

Normative stressors are

Answer 5

expected to come with normal life

Question 6

Non-normative stressors are

Answer 6

unexpected stress

Question 7

Stress crises are

Answer 7

events that require changes in normal patterns of behaviour

Question 8

Outsourcing is

Answer 8

paying someone else to do ones work

Question 9

Comparative advantage is

Answer 9

A theory that individuals or families do best when they focus on activities in which they can add the most value and outsource or delegate other activities

Question 10

Define Burnout

Answer 10

a state of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion caused by unrealistic expectations and aspirations for long hours

Question 11

Define Brownout

Answer 11

Before burnout where fatigue and irrability appear, eating and sleeping patterns may be disturbed, indecision may set in

Question 12

What is chronic fatigue syndrome

Answer 12

A debilitating and complex disorder characterized by profound fatigue that is not improved by bed rest and can be worsened by physical and mental activitiy