Key Terms
What word describes: A condition in which the human system responds to changes in its normal balance state?
Stress
Who was the main contributor to stress?
Hans Selye
What was Walter Cannon's theory called?
Fight or Flight
What's one reason Hans Selye was criticized for?
One of the following:
Viewed stress as a non-specific strain on the body that released stress hormones
Only looked at stress through a physical lens - what about psychological stress?
His model was primarily formulated from research on rats
Uncontrollable, prolonged, or overwhelming stress that becomes destructive. - Is it Distress or Eustress?
Distress
Who criticized Hans Selye's theory?
John Mason
True or False: Hans Selye’s model explaned how stress can lead to physical damage and disease, but not death
True or false: Day before the jump, the newbees levels =normal & instructors levels =high
True
What word describes: The change that takes place as a result of the response to the stressor?
Adaptation
Who was an American physiologist at Harvard Medical school?
Walter Cannon
What were the 3 stages of Hans Selye's theory?
Alarm, resistance, and exhaustion
What did John Mason’s monkey experiment prove?
That psychological stress had an impact just like physical stress has an impact