health

Question 1

stress

Answer 1

set of behavioral, mental, and physical processes that occur when attempting to deal with an environmental event or stimulus that it perceives as threatening

Question 2

stressor

Answer 2

environmental event or a stimulus that an organism perceives as threatening

Question 3

stress response

Answer 3

behavioral, mental and/or physical response to stressors

Question 4

eustress

Answer 4

stress of positive events

Question 5

distress

Answer 5

stress of negative things

Question 6

major life stressors

Answer 6

large disruptions, especially unpredictable and uncontrollable catastrophic events

Question 7

daily hassles

Answer 7

small day-to-day irritations and annoyances

Question 8

general adaption syndrome

Answer 8

consistent patterns of physical responses to stress that consists of three stages; alarm, resistance, and exhaustion

Question 9

what does the alarm stage do to the body?

Answer 9

• emergency response (heart beat increases & sweaty palms)
• energies directed to dealing with the stressor so other physical resources such as ability to fight off infections & diseases are temporarily reduced

Question 10

what does the resistant stage do to the body

Answer 10

• body physically prepared for longer, more sustained attack against stressor
  immunity to infection and diseases increases somewhat as the body maximizes its defense

Question 11

what does the exhaustion stage do to the body?

Answer 11

body’s ability to respond to stress begins to decline
physiological systems, immune system, begins to fail and ppl are likely to get sick

Question 12

short term effects of stress on immune system

Answer 12

• boost the immune system
• reduces activities that make the organism vulnerable

Question 13

long term effects on immune system

Answer 13

• wear and tear your heart leading to heart failure
• makes the body less capable of warding of foreign substances
• immunity for infection and diseases decreases and starts to fail
  -overstimulation of sympathetic nervous system

Question 14

fight-or-flight response

Answer 14

the physiological preparedness to deal with danger
body postpones less immediate critical processes

Question 15

tend-and-befriend

Answer 15

female’s tendency to respond to stressors by protecting and caring for their offspring and forming social alliances

Question 16

negative stress responses

Answer 16

eating junk food, smoking cigarettes, using drugs, and quit exercising

Question 17

type A behavior

Answer 17

ppl who are competitive, achievement oriented, aggressive, hostile, restless, impatient, etc.

Question 18

type B

Answer 18

non competitive, relaxed, easygoing, & accommodating

Question 19

what does hostility have to do with heart failure?

Answer 19

hostile ppl frequently experience flight-or-fight responses which takes a toll on the heart

Question 20

primary appraisals

Answer 20

decisions about whether a stimulus is stressful or not

Question 21

secondary appraisals

Answer 21

decisions about how to manage and respond to stressful stimulus

Question 22

emotion focused coping

Answer 22

people try to prevent having an emotional response to a stressor
(avoidance, minimizing the problem, distancing)

Question 23

problem-solving coping

Answer 23

in which people take direct steps to confront or minimize a stressor

Question 24

resilience

Answer 24

better at coping in the face of adversity and recovering quickly
(they draw on their positive emotions in dealing with setbacks or negative life experiences)

Question 25

what are some practices that influence resilience?

Answer 25

mindfulness, meaning, positivity, social support, and spirituality