Chapter 41

Question 1

Resilience

Answer 1

ability to recover from adverse event

Question 2

Resistence

Answer 2

adaptability to adversity

Question 3

Vulnerability

Answer 3

inability to adapt to adversity; usually follows one or more adverse events, leading to decreased resistance and resilience

Question 4

Progressice allostatic load

Answer 4

over expression of stress response mediates (SNS, glucocorticoid steroids) leading to cellular damage and pathology

Question 5

Stressor

Answer 5

stimulus initiating stres response

Question 6

Psychological stressors

Answer 6

feeling of loss of personal control or powerlessness (death of a loved one)

Question 7

Environmental stressors

Answer 7

natural disasters, relocation, hospitalization

Question 8

Sociocultural stressors

Answer 8

family, financial, career concerns

Question 9

New born and infant

Answer 9

stress relief: feeding, touch, comfort, and protection provided by others

Question 10

Toddler and preschooler

Answer 10

minor stressors can feel major; parents assist with learning to deal with delay in gratification

Question 11

School aged child and adolescent

Answer 11

younger children: use cognitive abilities, motor skills, emotional status, social abilities, and feelings of self-worth to cope with stressful situations

Adolescents: rationalize events and use emotion focused coping mechanisms and problem solving

Question 12

Adult and older adult

Answer 12

process of neurogenesis declines significantly; existing stress inhabits neurogenesis, contributing to depression