Stress and Trauma Flashcards
How common is it for college students to be stressed?
90% would say they were stressed in the past year
What are the three major sources of stress?
- Catastrophic Events (natural disasters, wars etc.)
- Major Life Events (divorce, graduation)
- Daily Hassles (forgetting your phone)
What is stress?
A physiological response to some type of environmental event that is subjectively appraised as being taxing or even exceeding one’s ability to adapt.
How can stress manifest as?
Thoughts, emotions, somatic (rash, headache) behaviors (overeating)
What is a Type A personality?
Competitive, time urgent, hostile and aggressive
What is a Type B personality?
Relaxed, patient, easy going
Which traits are associated with coronary heart disease?
Agression and hostility
How does stress impact physical health?
Raises blood pressure etc.
What is the General Adaptation Syndrome, and what happens at each stage?
Stage 1/Alarm, Stage 2/Resistance, and Stage/3 Exhaustion
What is the relationship between stress/arousal and performance (Yerkes-Dodson Law)?
A moderate level of stress will help you in some activities.
stress about exam=study
What does it predict as the optimal conditions for performance?
Depends on the person, and how difficult you think the challenge is.
How can mindset help manage stress?
More optimistic view will change how your body reacts to the stress. Compare yourself to someone worse off than you. See what you have control over. (Positive Reappraisal
Downward Comparisons
Present Control)
Are traumatic events common?
90%
How is trauma different from stress?
Trauma: a type of stimulus, an event deeply distressing or severe stressor
Stress: a response, tension, discomfort, and physical symptoms
Does the research suggest that PTSD is incurable?
No, there are effective treatments.
Most don’t meet criteria after doing treatment
