Lesson 2 Flashcards
What’s stress ?
Physiological changes
Responses made by body
Response to a situation
Stress can be ____ or ____
Real ; perceived
What are the 2 psychological responses to stress?
Primary appraisal (sympathetic)
Secondary appraisal (parasympathetic)
Define primary appraisal
Occurs when person recognizes an event as threat or danger
Define secondary appraisal
Develops to focus on possible coping mechanism
Mention changes caused by sympathetic nervous system in response to stress
-Flight / flight
-Dilates pupil
-Relaxes bronchi
-Inhibits salivation
-Heatbeat ⬆️
-Inhibits digestion
-Stimulates glucose released by liver
-Secretion of epinephrine / norepinephrine from kidney
-Relaxes bladder
-Contracts rectum
G.A.S. stands for
General Adaptation Syndrome
How many stages of GAS ?
3
First stage of GAS is
Alarm
Second stage of GAS is
Resistance or adaptation
Third stage of GAS
Exhaustion or Recovery
Fight/flight or freeze is part of which GAS Stage?
1st stage - Alarm
Severity of pain = injury sustained
False
Pain is subjective
True
Nociceptors are
Pain receptors
Loss can be actual or perceived
True
There are how many stages of grief
5
Mourning is outward expression of grief
True
Mention various parasympathetic response to stress
-constricts pupil
-stimulates salivation
-normal/lower heart rate
-constricts bronchi
-stimulates digestion
-stimulates gallbladder - improve digestion
-contracts bladder- urination ⬆️
-relaxes rectum
Name 3 physical response to stress
- General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
-Flight, fight or freeze response
-Response to distress and eutress
What’s the positive form of stress
Eustress
Ways in which eustress is positive
-motivate
-energize
-productivity ⬆️
-job performance ⬆️
Example: starting new job
Negative stress is known as
Distress
Ways in which distress is negative
-Anxiety ⬆️
-short/long term
-Physical/mental probs
-Performance ⬇️
-Energy ⬇️
Example: injury
What happens in stage 1 of GAS
-Fight,flight or freeze rx= heart rate ; BP; Resp ; bld sgr ⬆️
-involuntary body resp - endocrine & sympathetic nervous system, cardiovascular system, resp system, urinary, GI,musculoskeletal
What’s the goal in stage 2 of GAS
Maintenance of homeostasis
What happens in stage 2 of GAS?
- maintenance of homeostasis
-using coping mechanism (physical and psychological - return of vitals to normal) - failure to adapt / stress leads to third stage
What are the 2 parts of stage 3 of GAS?
- Exhaustion
- Recovery
What happens in exhaustion of stage 3 of GAS?
-Adaptive mechanisms fail
-BP 🔽
-can cause disease / death
What happens in 3rd stage of GAS in recovery
-successful adaptation
How many stressors are there across the lifespan
3
What are the 3 stressors across the lifespan
-Situational factor
-Maturational factor
-Socioeconomic factor
