Chapter 14: Stress

Question 1

Stress

Answer 1

is any uncomfortable “emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological and behavioral changes

Question 2

Tend and Befriend

Answer 2

refers to protection of offspring (tending) and seeking out the social group for mutual defense (befriending). In evolutionary psychology, tend-and-befriend is theorized as having evolved as the typical female response to stress, just as the primary male response was fight-or-flight.

Question 3

Oxytocin

Answer 3

otherwise known as the love hormone, is released by the pituitary gland and is responsible for human behaviors associated with relationships and bonding. It is most commonly used to help mothers produce contractions in labor and control bleeding

Question 4

Telomeres

Answer 4

The end of a chromosome. The ends of chromosomes are specialized structures that are involved in the replication and stability of DNA molecules.

Question 5

Type A

Answer 5

In this theory, personalities that are more competitive, highly organized, ambitious, impatient, highly aware of time management and/or aggressive are labeled Type A

Question 6

Type B

Answer 6

are noted to live at lower stress levels. They typically work steadily, and may enjoy achievement, although they have a greater tendency to disregard physical or mental stress when they do not achieve

Question 7

General Adaption Syndrome

Answer 7

A nonspecific general response to noxious stimuli (“stressors”)