Stress and Coping Terms

Question 1

Immune System

Answer 1

Helps fight off infections and wounds

Question 2

General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)

Answer 2

Body’s 3 phases in response to stress:
Alarm Reaction: nervous system is ready to fight back (fight or flight)
Resistance: Summons all resources to meet challenges. Stress and body levels are high
Exhaustion: becomes even more vulnerable to illness, defense breaks down

Question 3

Type A Personality

Answer 3

competitive towards achievement, urgency about time, strong tendency to feel angry or hostile

Question 4

Type B Personality

Answer 4

Low levels of competitiveness, urgency about time, and hostility. calm and relaxed

Question 5

Stress

Answer 5

Factors in the environment that causes a person to feel threatened or challenged in some way

Question 6

How stress affects your health

Answer 6

Stress can increase diseases and infections and can be detrimental to someones health

Question 7

Hardiness

Answer 7

immune to effects of stress. sense of commitment rather than isolation. problems seen as challenges rather than threats

Question 8

Social Support

Answer 8

Feeling liked and encouraged by intimate friends and family

Question 9

Appraisal

Answer 9

Assess an event and see how much it influences how much stress we experience and how we respond

Question 10

Coping

Answer 10

Alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods. ex. aerobic exercises, optimism, relaxation, etc.

Question 11

Optimism

Answer 11

Consider challenges, find an explanation of outcome. Challenge with examination of facts.