Chapter 3: Stress

Question 1

Does stress make you social?

Answer 1

Yes!!!!

Question 2

Stressed people who believed stress was bad had what % increase of dying?

Answer 2

43%

Question 3

What happened to people that believed the stress response was helpful for their performance?

Answer 3

They were less anxious, stressed and more confident

Question 4

What is the “cuddle hormone”

Answer 4

Oxytocin

Question 5

What does oxytocin do to the heart?

Answer 5

Helps heart cells regenerate and heal from stress

Question 6

The stress response has a build in what?

Answer 6

A stress resilience system

Question 7

What percent of time are our minds lost in thought?

Answer 7

47%

Question 8

What is meditation?

Answer 8

Not about stopping thoughts
It is about stepping back, and seeing it clearly without judgement with relaxed focused mind

Question 9

What is the potential of mindfulness?

Answer 9

Changes how we experience life

Question 10

What is Stress?

Answer 10

Survival Mechanism (fight or flight), not supposed to be long term
Physical and emotional state that accompanies the stress response

Question 11

What is the primary determinant of health consequences with stress?

Answer 11

How the Individual responds to stress

Question 12

What two systems are involved in the physical changes?

Answer 12

Nervous System
Endocrine System

Question 13

What are the different parts of the Nervous System

Answer 13

Somatic
Autonomic
Parasympathetic
Sympathetic

Question 14

Somatic nervous system

Answer 14

Voluntary movement

Question 15

Autonomic nervous system

Answer 15

Not under conscious consciousness (digestion)
2 divisions
Parasympathetic
Sympathetic

Question 16

What is the parasympathetic nervous system

Answer 16

In control when u are relaxed
Aids in digestion, storing energy, & growth promotion

Question 17

What is sympathetic nervous system

Answer 17

Activated when your in emergency situations (pain, anger and fear)
Releases norepinephrine which commands body to use stored energy to respond to crisis (increases attention and alertness)

Question 18

What is the Endocrine system?

Answer 18

Works alongside nervous system to respond to a stressor
system of glands, tissues and cells that control body functions by releasing hormones and chemical messages into blood stream

Question 19

What is the path of the nervous and endocrine system?

Answer 19

1. Brain detects threat
2. Neurochem message is sent to the hypothalamus
3. Hypothalamus releases corticotropin-releasing factor to the pituitary gland
4. Which releases adrenocortotropic hormone (ACTH) into bloodstream
5. ATCH reaches adrenal glands which release cortisol and other key hormones into blood stream

Question 20

When the adrenal gland releases cortisol what happens in the body?

Answer 20

Increased glucose utilization, fat mobilization, and muscle breakdown

Question 21

What happens simultaneously to the nervous system and brain?

Answer 21

The sympathetic nervous system instructs the adrenal gland to release epinephrine (adrenaline) which triggers bodily changes

Question 22

What bodily changes occur with the release of epinephrine?

Answer 22

Increased sweating
Decreased salivation
Increased muscular tension and cardiac function
Increased metabolic rate
Decreased digestion rate
Hearing and vision become more acute
Liver releases extra sugar to boost energy
Brain releases endorphins

Question 23

What is fight or flight in modern life?

Answer 23

Not always an intense physical reaction
Survival mechanism
Body always prepares for physical action regardless of whether its an appropriate reponse

Question 24

What is the tend and befriend response?

Answer 24

A way to respond to stress with social and nurturing behaviours
An emotional and behavioural response

Question 25

What is tend?

Answer 25

To care for others in stressful time
(Ex. Mother protects offspring)

Question 26

What is befriend?

Answer 26

Engaging in social situations in stressful situations times

Question 27

What does GAS stand for?

Answer 27

General Adaptation syndrome

Question 28

Who is the father of stress research?

Answer 28

Hans Selye

Question 29

What are two classifications of stressors?

Answer 29

Eustress and Distress

Question 30

What is the difference between Eustress and Distress?

Answer 30

Eustress: pleasant stressor
Distress: unpleasant stressor
Both have the same physical response

Question 31

What are the three stages of GAS

Answer 31

Alarm, resistance and exhaustion

Question 32

What is Stage 1 of the GAS reponse

Answer 32

Alarm

Fight or flight reponse
Body is prepared to deal with crisis (more susceptible to disease)

Question 33

What is Stage 2 of the GAS response?

Answer 33

Resistance

continued stress
New level of homeostasis
Can cope with normal life and stress

Question 34

What is Stage 3 of the GAS reponse

Answer 34

Exhaustion

Prolonged exposure to stress
Considerable amount of resources used in previous stages
Results in physiological exhaustion and low resistance to disease
Life threatening physiological state (burn out)

Question 35

Criticisms of the GAS

Answer 35

Assumes that all responses to stress are the same e

Question 36

What is Allostatic load?

Answer 36

Long term wear and tear of the stress reponse
Longterm = health problems
Dependant on many factors (genetics, experiences)
High allostatic load= heart disease, hypertension, obesity and low immune system functioning

Question 37

What is psychoneuroimmunology?

Answer 37

Study of interactions among nervous, endocrine and immune system

Stress impairs immune system which affects health

Question 38

What are the short term impacts of Stress on Health

Answer 38

Colds, infections, headaches, stomachache

Question 39

What are the long term impacts of stress on health

Answer 39

Cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, impaired immune function, Type 2 diabetes, cancer, psychological problems

Question 40

How to minimize impacts of stress

Answer 40

Support system
Communication Skills
Healthy eating, exercise and sleeping habits
Time management