Lesson 2

Question 1

What’s stress ?

Answer 1

Physiological changes
Responses made by body
Response to a situation

Question 2

Stress can be ____ or ____

Answer 2

Real ; perceived

Question 3

What are the 2 psychological responses to stress?

Answer 3

Primary appraisal (sympathetic)
Secondary appraisal (parasympathetic)

Question 4

Define primary appraisal

Answer 4

Occurs when person recognizes an event as threat or danger

Question 5

Define secondary appraisal

Answer 5

Develops to focus on possible coping mechanism

Question 6

Mention changes caused by sympathetic nervous system in response to stress

Answer 6

-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

Question 7

G.A.S. stands for

Answer 7

General Adaptation Syndrome

Question 8

How many stages of GAS ?

Answer 8

3

Question 9

First stage of GAS is

Answer 9

Alarm

Question 10

Second stage of GAS is

Answer 10

Resistance or adaptation

Question 11

Third stage of GAS

Answer 11

Exhaustion or Recovery

Question 12

Fight/flight or freeze is part of which GAS Stage?

Answer 12

1st stage - Alarm

Question 13

Severity of pain = injury sustained

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Pain is subjective

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Nociceptors are

Answer 15

Pain receptors

Question 16

Loss can be actual or perceived

Answer 16

True

Question 17

There are how many stages of grief

Answer 17

5

Question 18

Mourning is outward expression of grief

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Mention various parasympathetic response to stress

Answer 19

-constricts pupil
-stimulates salivation
-normal/lower heart rate
-constricts bronchi
-stimulates digestion
-stimulates gallbladder - improve digestion
-contracts bladder- urination ⬆️
-relaxes rectum

Question 20

Name 3 physical response to stress

Answer 20

• General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
  -Flight, fight or freeze response
  -Response to distress and eutress

Question 21

What’s the positive form of stress

Answer 21

Eustress

Question 22

Ways in which eustress is positive

Answer 22

-motivate
-energize
-productivity ⬆️
-job performance ⬆️

Example: starting new job

Question 23

Negative stress is known as

Answer 23

Distress

Question 24

Ways in which distress is negative

Answer 24

-Anxiety ⬆️
-short/long term
-Physical/mental probs
-Performance ⬇️
-Energy ⬇️

Example: injury

Question 25

What happens in stage 1 of GAS

Answer 25

-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

Question 26

What’s the goal in stage 2 of GAS

Answer 26

Maintenance of homeostasis

Question 27

What happens in stage 2 of GAS?

Answer 27

• maintenance of homeostasis
  -using coping mechanism (physical and psychological - return of vitals to normal)
• failure to adapt / stress leads to third stage

Question 28

What are the 2 parts of stage 3 of GAS?

Answer 28

1. Exhaustion
2. Recovery

Question 29

What happens in exhaustion of stage 3 of GAS?

Answer 29

-Adaptive mechanisms fail
-BP 🔽
-can cause disease / death

Question 30

What happens in 3rd stage of GAS in recovery

Answer 30

-successful adaptation

Question 31

How many stressors are there across the lifespan

Answer 31

3

Question 32

What are the 3 stressors across the lifespan

Answer 32

-Situational factor
-Maturational factor
-Socioeconomic factor