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Stress

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A response to an overwhelming and demanding situation.

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Stressors

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Events that trigger stress.

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Stimulus View of Stress

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Focus on situations that cause stress.

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Response View of Stress

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Focus on physiological changes that occur when someone encounters a challenging situation.

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Relational View of Stress

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Defines stress as a particular relationship between people and situations in which they find themselves.

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Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe (1960)

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Developed the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) that quantified stress in terms of major life changes.

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Why is it hard to measure life events and hassles that cause stress?

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Not all people react to situations in the same way.

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Lazarus and Folkman (1984)

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Appraisals & Dealing with Coping

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Primary Appraisal

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Quick assessment of the meaning of an event for the person. (Determines whether a emotional response will occur).

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Secondary Appraisal

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Accessing resources available for us to cope with stress. (What do we do, how do we resolve the problem?)

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What are the two main systems in our body that are involved in stress?

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The Autonomic Nervous System and the Endocrine System cause physiological changes.

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The Neuroendocrine System

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Hormonal systems involved in emotions and stress.

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Three key structures in the regulation of stress responses?

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Hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and adrenal gland.

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The adrenal gland release…

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Catecholamines and glucocorticoids.

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Catecholamines

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Function as hormones and as neurotransmitters to control ANS activation.

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Glucocorticoids

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Hormones that maintain activation of physiological systems during emergencies.

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Two major neuroendocrine pathways?

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Adrenal-Medullary System, and the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal axis.

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Adrenal-Madullary System

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Major pathway stimulated during stress - hypothalamus activates sympathetic nervous system.

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Norepinephrine

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Neurotransmitter that activates the sympathetic response to stress, increasing heart rate, rate of respiration, and blood pressure in support of rapid action.

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Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis

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A major pathway relevant to the stress response involving the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and adrenal cortex.

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During emotional arousal and stress, the hypothalamus releases a substance called…

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Corticotropin Releasing Factor (CRF).

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____ stimulates ____ which stimulates ____.

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CRF - ACTH - Cortex of the Adrenal Gland.

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Cortisol

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The “stress hormone” produced by the body to make sure the body gets enough fuel during stress and arousal.

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What does Cortisol do?

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Breakdown complex molecules, ensuring glucose is available for the bloodstream, regulates immune system by reducing immune cells in bloodstream, which may make it susceptible to infections.

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Hans Selye

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Proposed the General Adaptation Syndrome.

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General Adaptation Syndrome

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A general, nonspecific set of changes in the body that occur during extreme stress. Has 3 Stages; Alarm, Resistance, and Exhaustion.

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Alarm Stage (GAS)

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Phase where all body’s resources respond to a threat.

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Resistance Stage (GAS)

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Extended effort by the body to deal with a threat.

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Exhaustion Stage (GAS)

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All resources for fighting a threat have been depleted and illness is likely.

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Mason’s Objection to GAS

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If you prepare for anticipated stress you are less likely to show severe physiological responses.

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Allostasis

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A response/adaptation to stress where the body achieves stability through physiological changes.

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What happens to the hippocampus when cortisol interacts with it?

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The dendrites shrink and we may have trouble with memory, learning, and memory formation.

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Coping

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Act of dealing with stress or emotions.

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Problem-Focused Coping

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Aims to change the situation causing stress

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Emotion-Focused Coping

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Aims to regulate the experience of distress.

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Reappraisal

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Reevaluation of a situation in new light.

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Escape-Avoidance

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wishful thinking or doing something to get your mind off a situation.

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Seeking Social Support

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Talking with friends for emotional support.

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Self-Control

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Trying to regulate feelings/actions regarding the problem.

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Accepting Responsibility

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Acknowledging your role in the stressful situation.

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James Pennebaker

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Emotional Disclosure

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Emotional Disclosure

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Letting it all out - writing or talking about the situation.

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Social Support

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Way of coping that combines problem and emotion-focused coping.

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Direct Effects Hypothesis

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Says social support is beneficial to mental and physical health whether or not someone is under stress.

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Buffering Hypothesis

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Says social support works as a buffer only under certain conditions.

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Social Network

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A cluster of related people - web of friends.

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Optimists

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Emphasize positivity: glass half full - view things as challenging.

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Pessimists

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Emphasize negative: glass half empty - more depressed, view things as a threat.

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Resilience

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Personality trait means being more flexible and bouncing back from difficult situations.

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Telomerase

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an enzyme that adds DNA sequences to telomeres - decreases with age.

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Psychosomatic Theory

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Idea that emotional factors can lead to the occurrence or worsening of an illness.

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Health Psychology

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Study of the role of psychological factors in regard to health and illness, includes onset, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.

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Physiological Reactivity Model

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Explains the casual role of stress-related body changes in illness.

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Health Behavior Approach

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Explanation for illness - focuses on role of behaviors (diet, exercise, substance abuse..)

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Cardiovascular System

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The heart, blood, and blood vessels.

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Antigen

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Foreign substance that triggers an immune response.

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Psychoneuroimmunology (PHI)

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Science of how psychological factors relate to changes in the immune system.

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Specific Immunity

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Defends against specific threats, operates with B and T cells, provides rapid response.

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Non-Specific Immunity

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General defense, operates with macrophages and natural killer cells, works slowly against unknown threats.

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Natural Immunity

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First response to antigens

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Acquired Immunity

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Immunity provided by antibodies produced in body to specific antigens.

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Phagocytosis

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White blood cell engulfs a substance and moves it to a place where it’s destroyed.

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Inflammation

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When tissues are restored following injury.

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Natural Immunity=______ Acquired Immunity=______

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Non-Specific - Specific.

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Cellular Immunity

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When the T cells fight antigens.

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