Stress
A stress-producing event or situation
What is a stressor?
The body's short-term and long-term stress reactions broken down into three stages by Hans Selye
What is General Adaptation Syndrome?
The hormones that the body releases is response to stress
What are adrenaline and cortisol?
Our immediate evaluation of a situation as irrelevant, positive, or negative. Ex. different responses to the announcement of a pop quiz depends on how much material students know
What is primary appraisal?
The body's response to a stressor
What is a stress reaction?
A diagnosable disorder associated with prolonged exposure to significant stressors
What is PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)?
Linked with stress and weight gain
What are high levels of cortisol and lack of sleep?
Slowly and deliberately evaluating different options for coping while considering available resources
What is a secondary appraisal?
Losing your car keys, being late because of traffic, and getting in minor arguments with friends/family are examples of this kind of stressor.
What are hassles?
The body reacts to a stressor by mobilizing fight-or-flight defenses. Ex. a hiker encountering a rattlesnake and freezing
What is alarm?
The body systems slowed down by an increased level of cortisol
What are the immune system, digestive system, and reproductive system?
Your favorite way of de-stressing
Positive stress and negative stress
What are eustress and distress?
The body and mind of an individual have become taxed after prolonged exposure to a stressor (assembly line workers vs. farmers)
What is exhaustion?
When your have trouble sleeping or maintaining a healthy heart rate and blood pressure, it can be due to...
What is chronic stress?
Two examples of mental coping strategies
What is hardiness, controlling stressful situations, problem solving, explanatory style, and humor?
What are environmental stressors?
Finding a means to cope with a stressor and avoid adverse reactions OR the beginning of a development of psychosomatic symptoms. Ex. a hiker caught in a storm without any food
What is resistance?
The part of your nervous system that is responsible for the fight-or-flight response
What is the autonomic nervous system (or sympathetic nervous system)?
Two examples of physical coping strategies
What is progressive relaxation, biofeedback, and exercise?