pgs 337-353 Flashcards
a stressful stimulus, a condition demanding adaptation
stressor
a physical and mental response to a challenging or threatening situation
stress
a situation that threatens one’s physical safety
traumatic stressor
delayed stress reaction in which an individual involuntarily reexperiences emotional, cognitive, and behavioral aspects of past trauma
posttraumatic stress disorder
a temporary pattern of stressor-activated arousal with a distinct onset and limited duration
acute stress
continuous stressful arousal persisting over time
chronic stress
sequence of internal processes preparing an organism for struggle or escape
fight-or-flight response
pattern of general physical responses that take essentially the same form in responding to any serious chronic stressor
general adaptation syndrome
first stage of GAS, during which the body mobilizes it’s resources to cope with a stressor
alarm reaction
second stage of the GAS, during which the body adapts to and uses resources to cope with a stressor
stage of resistance
third stage of the GAS, during which the body depletes it’s resources in responding to an ongoing stressor
stage of exhaustion
stress response model proposing that females are biologically predisposed to respond to threat by nurturing and protecting offspring and seeking social support
tend and befriend model
bodily organs and responses that protect the body from foreign substances and threats
immune system
multidisciplinary field that studies the influence of mental states on the immune system
psychoneuroimmunology
hormone like chemicals facilitating communication between brain and immune system
cytokines
