PE (DEF OF TERMS) Flashcards
This sleep impacts your energy level during the day and keeps you alert.
Restful Sleep
This sleep deficit negatively impacts on your mental functioning, mood and inevitably your health.
Habitual Sleep
Average hours of sleep?
Seven to nine.
Decreases your reaction time, increases irritability and causes hormonal and metabolic changes that parallel the aging process.
Sleep Deprivation
Provides the fuel for physical activity and the essential elements that repair existing cells.
Nutrition
Meaning of “homeo”?
Equal.
Meaning of “stasis”?
Balance.
Fear hormone.
Supplies glucose to be used for increased muscle and nervous system activity.
Epinephrine
Anger hormone.
Provides a huge amount of energy for “fight or flight”.
Norepinephrine
Events that disrupt homeostasis.
Stressors
Physical reaction to the stressor.
Stress Response
Results into suffering and anxiety is stress is seen as negative.
Distress
Stress that motivates us to produce helpful outcomes.
Eustress
Factors for stress?
Hint: E.D.G. / T.P.U.
- Exams
- Deadlines
- Grades
- Traffic
- Procrastination
- Unfair demanding of teachers.
Physical effects of stress?
Hint: H.N.I.
- Headaches
- Neck and back pain
- Indigestion