Stress

Question 1

Stress

Answer 1

the physiological and cognitive response to challenges or life changes

Question 2

Stress Appraisal

Answer 2

1º Appraisal: Classifying a potential stressor as irrelevant, benign-positive, or stressful

2º Appraisal: Evaluating if the organism can cope with stress

Question 3

Stressors

Answer 3

Anything that leads to a stress response

Can be distress or eustress

Question 4

General Adaptation Syndrom

Answer 4

Specific stressors do not have specific responses; they all generate the same general physical stress response

Question 5

3 stages of stress

Answer 5

1. Alarm
2. Resistance
3. Exhaustion

These involve both the sympathetic nervous system and the endocrine system; release of ACTH leads to increase in cortisol