Stress Response And Behaviour

Question 1

What is Eustress

Answer 1

Positive Physiological stress

Question 2

What are the 2 forms of negative stress

Answer 2

Overstress and distress

Question 3

What is the short term stress response

Answer 3

Sympathetic adreno-medullary
(Adrenaline secretion)

Question 4

What is the response for long term stress

Answer 4

Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal axis
(Maintains response after fight or flight)

Question 5

What Hormones are involved in long term stress

Answer 5

Cortisol
Prolactin
Oxytocin inhibition

Question 6

What are some physiological consequences of stress

Answer 6

Metabolism shifts
Reproduction and maternal behaviour suppressed
Immune suppression

Question 7

Describe the biological response to stress

Answer 7

Stimulus
Perception of stimulus by CNS
Biological response
Normal biological response changed to Altered biological function
Prepathological state changes to developed pathology (consequence of stress)

Question 8

What factors can modify stress response

Answer 8

Genetics
Early life experience
Social relationships
Age
Human animal interactions