Chapter Four Flashcards
How many types of stress are there?
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The most common form of stress, comes from demands and pressures of past and future. Tends to be short term.
Acute stress
Having a busy day is a form of what type of stress?
Acute stress
More serious form of acute stress; person feels stress on a daily basis and rarely gets relief.
Episodic acute stress
A person who fees stressed constantly with little relief
Episodic acute stress
Type of stress that happens month after month, year after year.
Chronic stress
Long term stress where people see little way out of a situation.
Chronic Stress
Positive stress to help us achieve at a higher level and challenge us.
Eustress
Nonspecific response of the body to a demand for a change
Stress
Car broke down, something unexpected, you may experience ____ stress.
Acute
Traumatic experiences may lead to
Chronic stress
Stress to do well when first starting a new job
Eustress
Human function curve developed by
Peter Nixon
Performance low, bored at work, might not like job, unmotivated
Drone Zone
Experiencing Eustress and raising performance
C Zone
Experiencing chronic stress, exhaustion, burnout
Fatigue zone
Walter Cannon developed this concept in the 1920’s
Fight or Flight Response
Fight or Flight Response was developed by whom?
Walter Cannon
The 4 A’s in dealing with stress
Avoid
Alter
Adapt
Accept
Putting stressor in positive light
Consider if it’s worth stressing about / long term affect?
Avoid
Saying no
Changing the way you work with the stressor
Communicating needs and wants
Alter
Change your opinion
Look at how the stressor can be positive
Adapt
Finding other outlets to handle stress
Letting go of things we cannot control
Accept
How does stress affect our body?
Nervous system
Musculoskeletal system
Respiratory system
Cardiovascular system
Endocrine system
Gastrointestinal system
Physiological reactions in the body that enable us to mobilize to deal with stressful situations
Fight or flight
Feelings of irritability
Ready to argue
Excessive competitiveness
Fight
Hiding out
Refusal to engage in activities
People pleasing
Flight
Numbing behaviors
Substance abuse
Social media excess
Gambling
Freeze
Intended performance is what zone on the human function curve?
C - Zone
