Key Terms
The body’s response to change.
What is stress?
Moving to a new school is this type of stressor.
What is a life event?
A faster heart rate and breathing are symptoms of this (First) stage.
What is the alarm stage?
A common physical symptom of stress involving head pain.
What are headaches?
Slowing your breathing helps trigger this response.
What is the relaxation response?
Negative stress.
What is distress?
Lack of sleep or injury are examples of this.
What are physical stressors?
The stage where your body adapts to stress. (Run faster, Lift a car)
What is resistance?
Stress can weaken this system that fights disease.
What is the immune system?
Getting enough rest helps reduce this stress-related condition.
What is fatigue?
Anything that causes stress.
What is a stressor?
Conflicts with friends or lack of time are called these.
What are daily hassles?
The body's action to release tension to help us calm down and relax.
What is relaxation response?
Trouble focusing and negative thinking are examples of these effects.
What are behavioral or mental effects?
This type of thinking helps you stay hopeful during stress.
What is a positive outlook?
Chemicals released in the brain that help you relax during exercise.
What are endorphins?
A student feels pressure to get perfect grades in all classes while balancing sports and activities.
What is daily hasseles?
The automatic reaction that prepares you for danger
What is fight, flight, or freeze?
Headaches, Weakened Immune System, Hives, Ulcers, and/or Anxiety (Effects)
What are physical effects of stress?
Speaking up for yourself calmly is called this.
What is assertiveness?
A physical reaction caused by stress, not illness.
What is a psychosomatic response?
A student stays up late every night on their phone and feels overwhelmed the next day.
What is a Physicals stressor? (Lack of Sleep)
The stage when a student is overwhelmed and exhausted after weeks of pressure and shuts down.
What is the fatigue stage?
Low self-esteem, Crying, Lying, Moodiness (Effects)
What are behavioral effects?
Physical activity helps by releasing these chemicals.
What are endorphins?