What is Stress
Types of Stress
Types of Stressors
Coping Skills
Maladaptive copings skills
100

True or false: stress is the same as anxiety.

False

Stress is usually caused by external triggers or stressors, whereas anxiety is caused by excessive worry regardless of a trigger or stressor being present.

100

The negative stress response. A type of stress that results from being overwhelmed by demands, losses, or threats.

Distress

100

The irritating demands of everyday life.

Daily stressors/hassles

FYI: daily positive things are known as daily uplifts.

100

This is the term for bad coping skills/mechanisms.

Maladaptive

100

Can be used to impair a person in a way that may temporarily mask or alleviate stress.

Substance use

(There are other helpful ways to deal with stress or mental health)

200

True or false: all stress is bad.

False

Some stress can be beneficial.

200

Any stress from events over a short period of time and have clear endpoints.

Acute stress

200

The term used for past abuse.

Trauma

200

A coping strategy in which people change their way of thinking about the stress by approaching it differently.

Appraisal-focused coping

200

Refusing to acknowledge that something is wrong.

Denial

300

This is the term used for an accumulation of stressors.

Pileup

300

Any stress that is experienced for a long time.

Chronic Stress

300

Events such as starting to drive, graduating, attending college, getting married, having a baby, death of a loved one, and other developmental milestones are known as:

Major life events

300

A coping strategy in which people directly confront a stressor to reduce or eliminate it.

Problem-focused coping

300

The irrational delay of tasks despite potentially negative consequences.

Procrastination

400

This stress response includes either facing or running away from a perceived threat.

Fight or flight response

400

The positive stress response. A type of stress that results from challenging, enjoyable tasks (sports).

Eustress

400

Anticipated events/situations that do not happen.

Nonevents

400

A technique used to identify self-defeating beliefs or cognitive distortions and reframe them to be reasonable and adaptable.

Cognitive restructuring

400

The term used when one exaggerates the negative consequences of events or decisions.

Catastrophizing

500
Name the three stages in the fight or flight response (General Adaptation Syndrome--GAS). 
Phase 1: alarm--------->Phase 2: Resistance--------->Phase 3: Exhaustion
500

Describe what homeostasis means.

Homeostasis is a process by which we maintain a stable internal environment while adjusting to conditions, such as stressors.

500

Stress that arises when one is expecting to encounter a stressor, such as having to give a presentation in front of class. 

Anticipatory

500

The awareness of one’s internal states and surroundings. Focus on thoughts and feelings without judgment. The goal is to be more aware of your surroundings, emotions, and thoughts and be grounded in the present moment instead of worrying about the past and future.

Mindfulness

500

The strategy for managing a stressful situation in which a person does not address the problem directly but disengages from the situation and averts attention from it.

Avoidance coping

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