Stress and Health

Question 1

Stress

Answer 1

Physical and psychological response to internal or external stressors

Question 2

Stressors

Answer 2

Specific events or that puts demands on a person or threaten the person’s well-being
ex: exam, test, relationships, etc.

Question 3

Health Psychology

Answer 3

How resilient people are in terms of taking care of their stress

Question 4

Chronic Stressors

Answer 4

Sources of stress that are continuous or repeat often

Ex: Social relationships, discrimination, bullying

Question 5

Perceived Control

Answer 5

The ability to cope with stress

Question 6

General Adaption Syndrome (GAS)

Answer 6

The 3 stages of responses that appear physically

Question 7

Alarm Phase

Answer 7

Rapid body movement to respond to threat

Question 8

Resistance Phase

Answer 8

Adapting to normalize being alert

Question 9

Exhaustion Phase

Answer 9

Body’s resistance fails: aging, immune system weakens, etc.

Question 10

Heart and circulatory system is sensitive to stress

Question 11

Burnout

Answer 11

A state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion created by long-term involvement in an emotionally demanding situation

Question 12

Repression

Answer 12

Deliberately avoiding and ignoring the stressor

Question 13

Rationalization

Answer 13

Accepting that the stressor exists, Exposing themselves of the stressor, and understanding how the stressor affects their life

Question 14

Reframing

Answer 14

Finding a new or creative way to think about a stressor that reduces a threat

Question 15

Body Management

Answer 15

Meditation, relaxation, aerobic exercise