Types of stress
What is eustress?
Difficulty focusing and concentrating is an example of what type of stress response
What is a cognitive stress response?
In this disease, the body mistakes its healthy cells for invaders and attacks them.
What is autoimmune disease?
These types of techniques reduce sympathetic arousal and lower blood pressure.
What are relaxation response techniques?
The category of stress that is considered bad and can cause burnout.
What is distress?
The fight or flight response is activated by this system.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
Stress can speed aging by shortening this part of a person's DNA...
What are telomeres?
This type of coping is where efforts are made to change or reduce the negative effects associated with stress.
What is emotion-focused coping?
This type of stressor is a brief event.
What is an acute stressor?
This hormone is released as a first boost of energy when we encounter a stressor.
What is cortisol?
This type of personality tends to be laid back and relaxed.
What is type B?
Individuals with stronger _____ _________ have a 50% greater likelihood of survival compared to those with weaker_____ __________.
This type of stressor is an event that persists over a period of time.
What is a chronic stressor?
This is the second stage of the general adaptation syndrome.
What is resistance?
It has been shown that people who have this mental health condition are more prone to heart attacks.
What is depression?
This type of psychology seeks to identify and promote those qualities that lead to greater fulfillment in life.
What is positive psychology?
This category are minor irritations and annoyances that are part of our every day lives.
What are daily hassles?
This gland releases cortisol.
What are the adrenal glands?
What do hormones inhibit the production of when stressed? This leads to the body more likely to become sick.
What are lymphocytes?
This type of coping is where an individual attempts to manage or alter the problem that is causing the stress.
What is problem-focused coping?