Test 2 ( Stress )

Question 1

What do Life Changes require and do?

Answer 1

Require adjustment in our behaviors which causes stress.

Question 2

What does a Chronic Stressor do?

Answer 2

Produce a State of ongoing physiological

Question 3

What does a Job Stressor Do?

Answer 3

Include role conflict and Burnout

Question 4

What does a Hassles do?

Answer 4

Are little everyday life problems that prize up to cause major stress

Question 5

What does Frustration do?

Answer 5

Refers to blocked Goals

Question 6

What does Conflict do?

Answer 6

involves 2 or more compelling goals

Question 7

What does Cataclysmic Events do?

Answer 7

are disasters that occur suddenly and generally affect many people simultaneously

Question 8

What the 7 major sources of stress

Answer 8

Life Changes, Cataclysmic events, conflict, job stress, Chronic stress, hassles, frustration,

Question 9

What is GAS ?

Answer 9

General Adaptation Syndrome, three phases Alarm, Resistance, and Exhaustion.

Question 10

What is GAS ?

Answer 10

General Adaptation Syndrome, three phases Alarm, Resistance, and Exhaustion.

Question 11

What is SAM System

Answer 11

Sympatho-Adrenal-Medullary system, The first alarmed reaction is controlled my SAM and activates adrenal medulla of catecholamines.

Question 12

What is HPA Axis ?

Answer 12

Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenalcortical AXIS, involves more direct communication from the brain to the endocrine system.

Question 13

How does Stress effect the Immune System?

Answer 13

When the immune system is impaired through stress there is a great increase risk of diseases like Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Question 14

An Increase of corisol in the brain can effect you how?

Answer 14

It becomes harder for you to retain memory, and cortisol damages the hippocampus. It negatively effects Cognitive function. And once Cortisol damages the hippocampus then it cant give feedback to the brain to tell it to stop giving cortisol, then theirs a viscous cycle.

Question 15

How is Cancer effected by Stress?

Answer 15

Stress causes the immune system to be suppressed by the adrenal glands, but a compromised immune system is is less able to fight off infections. Thus, it is harder to fight cancer

Question 16

Does Stress effect The Heart Disease?

Answer 16

Stress is a major contributor for heart disease, heart disease is just classified as any disorders that can lead to the imparement of heart muscles and eventually heart failure. Our brain and Nervous System have something called Fight or Flight. This releases Cortisol and Epinephrine into the blood stream. These hormones release fat into the blood stream. If the Fat is not burned as fuel in the blood stream then it can go to the walls of the blood vessels, this is the major cause of blood supply blockage.

Question 17

What are the forms of Coping with Stress?

Answer 17

• Recognize your feelings about the situation and talk to others about your fears
• Be willing to listen to Fam./Friends who have been affected , encourage to seek counseling
• Be Patient with People
• Recognize normal crises reactions
• Take time to spend time with people close with you in what you like.

Question 18

What is Coping?

Answer 18

Coping is an attempt to manage stress in some effective way.

Question 19

How do we Cognitively appraise and cope with stress?

Answer 19

Primary Appraisal- Deciding if situation is harmful, threatening, or challenging
Secondary Appraisal- Assessing our resources and choosing a coping method
–Emotion focused coping- manage emotional reaction to a stressor
or
–Problem-Focused Coping- Deal directly with a stressor to decrease or eliminate it.