MODULE 5: Coping with Stress in Middle and Late Adolescence

Question 1

An emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension.

Answer 1

Stress

Question 2

The feeling one gets from prolonged, pent-up emotions. If the emotions you experience are pleasant and desirable – joy, elation, ecstasy, delight – you usually feel free to let them show. They are not suppressed.

Answer 2

Stress

Question 3

The collection of physiological changes that occur when you face a perceived threat—when you face situations where you feel the demands outweigh your resources to successfully cope

Answer 3

Stress Response

Question 4

Situations that make you feel the demands outweigh your resources to successfully cope are called _______________.

Answer 4

Stressors

Question 5

It is intended to give you a burst of energy so you’re able to fight off attackers or run away from them effectively.

Answer 5

Stress Response

Question 6

This, along with other hormones are released when your stress response is triggered.

Answer 6

Cortisol

Question 6

When stress builds up and is not tended to, what does it become?

Answer 6

Burn Out

Question 6

Where is the blood redirected to when our stress response is triggered?

Answer 6

Major Organs