Stress
The cause of stress; siutations, people, events
Stressors
The fight or flight response to stress is characteristic of which stage of the stress response?
Alarm
Inherited temperaments like shyness or aggressiveness (Nature)
Heredity
A driver stuck in traffic and frustrated starts yelling and throwing a tantrum.
Regression
Term for people who can handle a lot of stress and not become ill.
Hardiness
Postivie type of stress that promotes growth
Eustress
A negative type of stress
Distress
Our friends, family members, school, and cultural all affect your personality (nature)
Environment
A student cheats on a test but says it was okay because the test was too demanding.
Rationalization
a reaction to a situation that involves a person’s mind, body, and behavior
Emotion
A balanced state of the body.
Homeostasis
The 2nd stage of the stress response when you become tired, more irritable and less able to handle addtional stress
Resistance
This type of person expresses feelings in a non-threatning and is an ideal type of communicator
Assertive
behaving in a way opposite to the way you’re feeling
Reaction Formation
A calmer, less competitive personality type.
Type B
During the alarm stage of the stress response, what hormone is released into the blood stream to help give a burst of energy?
Adrenaline
A way of dealing with stress or an uncomfortable feeling or situation
Coping Strategy
Outgoing personality
putting your own faults on another person
putting your own faults on another person
Teens who are more likely to use drugs, suffer from eating disorders, engage in self-destructive behaviors, and drop out of school have low __________________.
Self-esteem
If a stressor continues for weeks, months, or even years, you enter this stage of the stress response.
Exhaustion
a physical disorder that results from stress or other emotional causes
psychosomatic illness
A more competitive personality type
Type A
A student who is doing poorly in school with grades, puts all their effort into basketball.
Compensation
The process of training your mind to focus and redirect your thoughts by using breathe and repetition.