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Chapter 3 - Stress, Health and Coping Flashcards

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Pneumonia
Influenza
Tuberculosis
Measles

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Contagious Diseases

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Cancer
Cardiovascular Disease
Chronic Lung Disease

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Noncontagious Diseases

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Body’s Response

Triggered by: Internal/Cognitive Stimuli, External/Environmental Stimuli

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Stress

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Trigger that prompts the response

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Stressor

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Total absence of this could be deadly

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Stress

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Pleasant, desirable stress (ex: moderately exercising)

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Eustress

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Unpleasant, objectionable stress (ex. chronic illness)

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Distress

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Occur suddenly; effect many (ex: 9/11, hurricane Katrina)

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Cataclysmic Events

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Stress that is long lasting (ex: Work, Poor Marriages, Political Climate, Divorce, Abuse, Alcoholism, Finances, Illness)

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Chronic Stressors

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Changes that individuals go through during life. Can be both positive and negative

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Life Changes and Strains

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Small problems that accumulate
Alone the issues are not a problem
Ex: time pressures, family/coworkers, financial concerns
Men are affected more than women

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Daily Hassles

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State of psychological and physical exhaustion
Results from chronic exposure to high levels of stress and little personal control
Vulnerable Professions -> Police Officers, Nurses, Doctors, Social Workers, and teachers

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Occupational Burnout

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Unpleasant tension, anxiety
Heightened sympathetic activity
Results from a blocked goal
More motivated = more frustrated

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Frustration

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Forced choice between two or more incompatible goals or impulses

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Conflict

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2 desirable choices; easiest to solve

Ex: Two hot girls fighting over you

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Approach-Approach

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Lesser of the two evils

Ex: 2016 Presidential Election

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Avoidance - Avoidance

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1 Choice with Pros and Cons

Ex: Eating something tasty but unhealthy

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Approach - Avoidance

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2 Choices with multiple negative and positives; Most difficult choice
Ex: Applying to college

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Multiple approach - avoidance conflicts

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Increases heart rate, blood pressure, respiration and muscle tension
Decreases the movement of stomach muscles, constricts blood vessels, etc.
Things affected by external and internal inhibitors

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Stress

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Hypothalamus -> Sympathetic Nervous System -> Adrenal Glands (Adrenal Medula)
Release large amounts of norepinephrine and epinephrine.
The result is increased energy to Fight or Flight.

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Stress Progression

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Hunger, Thirst, Sex, Aggression

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Hypothalamus

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Secrete adrenaline (epinephrine)

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Adrenal gland

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Involuntary actions (breathing, heart rate)

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Medula

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Stress activates the ____ then the _____ followed by the _______.

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Hypothalamus, Pituitary, Adrenal Cortex

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Hormone released that results in energy

Also known as the stress horomone

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Cortisol

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B-Cells (Produce Antibodies)
T-Cells (Located in thymus)
Natural Killer Cells
Macrophages (Leukocytes)

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4 Types of White Blood Cells

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Proteins that kill off foreign objects

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Antibodies

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Fight or flight syndrome
Sympathetic nervous system is activated
Adaptive energy is mobilized

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Alarm Reaction Stage

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Body resists stressor on long term basis
Few outward signs
Slow drain of adaptive energy
Body working very hard

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Resistance Stage

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Body’s reserve of adaptive energy is used up
Physical wear and tear appear
Leads to Diseases of Adaptation

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Exhaustion Stage

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Heart Diseases, Flu, Stroke, Cancer, High Blood Pressure, Arthritis, Common Colds, Heart Attacks

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Diseases of Adaptation

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Disorders that eventually affect heart muscles and lead to heart failure

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Heart Disease

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Results from atherosclerosis

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Coronary Heart Diseases

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Chest pain due to insufficient

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Angina

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Death of heart muscle tissue

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Heart Attack

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