Stress Assessment and Management Techniques

Question 1

What is homeostasis?

Answer 1

natural state of equilibrium in which the body attempts to maintain constant reactions with external forces (fine balance)

Question 2

What does GAS stand for ? definition?

Answer 2

general adaptation syndrome, body’s adaptation to sustained stress.

Question 3

What is the first stage of GAS?

Answer 3

alarm reaction- fight or flight response.

Question 4

What is the second stage of GAS?

Answer 4

resistance, stage of adaptation.

Question 5

what is the third stage of GAS?

Answer 5

exhaustion and recovery

Question 6

What is a stressor?

Answer 6

any type of threat, real or imaginal,

Question 7

what is stress?

Answer 7

mental, emtional and psyschological response of the body to any situation that is new, threatening frightening or even exciting.

Question 8

What is distress?

Answer 8

negative stress, unpleasant or harmful under which health and performance tend to deteriorate.

Question 9

What is eustress?

Answer 9

positive stress, health, performance continue to improve even as stress increases.

Question 10

What is the SRRS scale?

Answer 10

social-readjsutment rating scale, which is used to predict likelihood of illness.