Stress

Question 1

the consequences of experiencing a stressor

Answer 1

stress

Question 2

disruption tp physiological balance or homeostasis

Answer 2

stressor

Question 3

adaptive suite of physiological and behavioral responses that help reestablish homeostasis

Answer 3

stress response

Question 4

short term stress response is ?

Answer 4

adaptive

Question 5

long term (chronic) stress response is ?

Answer 5

maladaptive

Question 6

what does the hypothalamus release due to stress

Answer 6

Corticotropin releasing hormone

Question 7

what does the pituitary release due to stress

Answer 7

adrenocorticotropic hormone

Question 8

what targets the adrenal glands and causes hormone release

Answer 8

ACTH

Question 9

what are peptides released from the adrenal medulla

Answer 9

catecholamines

Question 10

examples of catecholamines

Answer 10

(EP, adrenaline) and (NE, noradrenaline)

Question 11

what do catecholamines increase

Answer 11

heart rate, respiration, blood flow to brain and skeletal muscles

Question 12

what do catecholamines trigger

Answer 12

release of endorphins which decrease pain perception and inflammatory response

Question 13

what are steroid hormones released from adrenal cortex

Answer 13

glucocorticoids

Question 14

examples of glucocorticoids

Answer 14

corticosterone
cortisol

Question 15

what do glucocorticoids increase

Answer 15

release of stored glucose

Question 16

what traits do glucocorticoids increase

Answer 16

alertness, fear, anxiety, vigliance, focus, memory and learning

Question 17

what is priduced by posterior pituitary during stress response

Answer 17

vasopressin

Question 18

what does vasopressin do

Answer 18

increase water retentioin by kidneys

Question 19

what does vasopressin allow

Answer 19

survival during blood loss

Question 20

stress response interacts with

Answer 20

development

Question 21

maternal stress can affect offspring in

Answer 21

utero

Question 22

maternal care after birth can do what

Answer 22

reduce stress response

Question 23

examples of physiological stress

Answer 23

food or water shortage; physical injury; rappid changes in temperature or other environmental variable

Question 24

what levels can vary with social statis

Answer 24

glucocorticoid

Question 25

in baboons, do they have higher or lower glucocorticoids than subodinates

Answer 25

lower

Question 26

in tamarins, do dominant and subordinate animals have opposite or similar levels of glucocorticoids

Answer 26

similar

Question 27

in african wild dogs, do dominant animals have a lower or higher level of glucocorticoids

Answer 27

higher

Question 28

what are three categories of psychological stress

Answer 28

lack of control lack of predictability lack of outlets for frustration

Question 29

experiment: rats placed on electrical wire mesh and receive shock control (rats could press lever to decrease shock rate)

Answer 29

+

Question 30

experiment: rats placed on electrical wire mesh and receive shock experimental (rats received shock every time control did, but could not control rate)

Answer 30

+++ (had a higher stress response when they could not control it)

Question 31

experiment: rats placed on electrified wire mesh and receive shock Rats trained to press a lever to avoid shock at a regularly expected time

Answer 31

+

Question 32

experiment: rats placed on electrified wire mesh and receive shock Rats prevented from pressing lever and received shock

Answer 32

+++

Question 33

experiment: rats placed on electrified wire mesh and receive shock Rats prevented from pressing lever, but didn’t receive shock

Answer 33

+++ (lack of control , cant do anything and want free will)

Question 34

experiment: rats placed on electrified wire mesh and receive shock rats received sound or light just before shock

Answer 34

+

Question 35

experiment: rats placed on electrified wire mesh and receive shock rats received no warning prior to shock

Answer 35

+++

Question 36

experiment: rats placed on electrified wire mesh and receive shock rats receive random shock

Answer 36

+++

Question 37

experiment: rats placed on electrified wire mesh and receive shock Rats receive random shock, but have wood to gnaw

Answer 37

+

Question 38

experiment: rats placed on electrified wire mesh and receive shock Rats receive random shock, but have wheel to run in

Answer 38

+

Question 39

experiment: rats placed on electrified wire mesh and receive shock Rats receive random shock, but have food to eat

Answer 39

+