Health Ch 3

Question 1

Eustress vs distress vs stress

Answer 1

Distress is in response to perceived bad things
Eustress is in response to good things or bad things that the person is going to actively try to grow from
Stress is the general term.

Question 2

Acute/chronic stress

Answer 2

Stress that comes on and leaves quickly, less dangerous

Stress that is over an extended period of time, more dangerous.

Question 3

Episodic acute stress

Answer 3

Being prone to episodes of acute stress

Question 4

Traumatic stress

Answer 4

The type of stress that underlies PTSD

Question 5

Adaptive response

Answer 5

The physiological adjustments the body makes in an attempt to restore homeostasis

Question 6

GAS

Answer 6

General Adaptation Syndrome
Alarm, Resistance, Exhaustion

Question 7

ANS

Answer 7

Autonomic nervous system
(automatic nervous system)

Question 8

Symathetic v parasympathetic nervous system.

Answer 8

Base - Body into fight-flight response

Para - Return to normal functions

Question 9

Hypothalamus

Answer 9

Part of brain that controls the sympathetic nervous system and stress response

Question 10

Epinephrine

Answer 10

Adrenaline

Question 11

Cortisol

Answer 11

Hormone that makes stored nutrients more readily avaliable to meet energy demands

Question 12

Allostatic load

Answer 12

Wear and tear on the body caused by prolonged or excessive stress responses

Question 13

Immunocompetence

Answer 13

Ability of the immune system to operate correctly

Question 14

Transactional method of stress and coping

Answer 14

A theory proposed by psychologist Richard Lazarus, saying that our reaction to stress is about the interaction between perception, coping ability, and environment

Question 15

Minority stress perspective

Answer 15

Minorites have more stress and stress-related health problems because of how they’re treated

Question 16

Yerkes-Dodson law of arousal

Answer 16

Theory suggesting that when stress goes up, so does performance, then back down if stress is too high, on a bell curve.

Question 17

Cumulative adversity

Answer 17

Total stressors, including complex trauma

Question 18

Psychoneuroimmunology

Answer 18

Study of relationship between mind and body with regards to the immune system’s effectiveness

Question 19

Relative depravation

Answer 19

Having significantly less of something than others in the same community

Question 20

Overload

Answer 20

Condition in which person feels overly pressured by demands

Question 21

Burnout

Answer 21

Physical/mental exhaustion resulting from unrelenting stress

Question 22

Background distressors

Answer 22

Stressors that may not be actively recognized, like noise or pollen or temprature

Question 23

Appraisal

Answer 23

Interpretation and evaluation of info provided to the brain by the senses

Question 24

Shift and persist

Answer 24

Strategy of reframing appraisals of current stressors and focusing on a meaningful future that protects a person from the negative effects of too much stress

Question 25

Dispositional mindfulness

Answer 25

Acute tuning in/awareness of self, focused on finding nonjudgemental views of situations

Question 26

Stress inoculation

Answer 26

Technique in which person anticipates and prepares for stressors

Question 27

Cognitive restructuring

Answer 27

Rewiring your brain

Question 28

Sympathomimetics

Answer 28

Food that can produce stresslike physical response (like caffinated things)

Question 29

Implementable intentions

Answer 29

Series of goals to accomplish towards a specific end

Question 30

Downshifting

Answer 30

Like minimalism, simplify lifestyle to reduce stress, also known as “voluntary simplicity”

Question 31

Biofeedback

Answer 31

Technique in which a machine is used to self-monitor physical responses to stress