STRESS
Effects of Stress
Coping Skills
Positive Stress Management
Negative Stress Management
Happiness
100

List two examples of events that can cause positive stress

Winning the lotto, getting a new house, getting married, birth of a child, promotion, etc

100

How does stress affect muscles?

Muscles become more tense, shoulders and neck may ache

100

True or False: Coping Skill is something you have to learn.

False: We all have coping skills, some may be more beneficial than others. Therapy can help to identify undesirable coping skills (ex. binge watching tv to reduce anxiety) and replace them with desired coping skills. (ex. art making to reduce anxiety)

100

True or False: All stress is out of your control

False: While some stress feels like it is being forced upon us, small changes in our daily lives can give us back feeling of control and the ability to choose where we spend our time & energy

100

List three negative stress management methods.

Substance use
Sleeping too much
Ignoring the problem
Negative thinking
Eating too much

100

True or False: Prioritizing your close relationships is shown to increase your happiness.

True! (Pg. 390 table 11.2)

200

True or False: All stress is bad

False: Eustress is positive stress (like getting married, having a baby, job interview)


200

What are the physical symptoms of stress

Low energy, headaches, upset stomach, tense muscles, rapid heart beats, insomnia, frequent colds or infections, dry mouth, nervousness, and more.

200

A natural way to get in shape and increase feelings of happiness is to ______.

What is exercise

200

True or False: People active in religious activities live longer

True: pg.384 Fig 11.10 in textbook

200

Instead of verbal catharsis, what is recommended when experiencing anger?

Wait it out, wait for your physiological responses, your physical reactions, to calm down

Find a distraction, maybe use another person to talk to as a distraction

Distance yourself. Walk away from it completely or mentally.

200

Relative Deprivation is described how?

The perception that one is worse off than the person they are comparing themselves to

300

List two examples of events that can cause negative stress

Loss of job, death of a family member, etc

300

True or False: Stress causes your heart to pump faster

True: Known as "fight or flight" Your heart pumps blood faster to your muscles, in case you need to run for your life

300

This coping skill requires you to write your thoughts down on paper.

What is journaling

300

True or False: Stress can save your life

True: Stress can motivate people to prepare or perform, like when they need to take a test or interview for a new job. Stress can even be life-saving in some situations. In response to danger, your body prepares to face a threat or flee to safety.

300

True or False: Chronic anger increases the risk of heart disease

True: an often-active sympathetic nervous system pulls blood away from the internal organs and out to the muscles. The liver is not getting the blood flow it needs to do it’s job = removing cholesterol and fat from the blood. So if left in the blood, it can end up in the heart and build up; causing heart attacks or heart failure.

300

Our perception of something is judged by other things we have experienced, and called what?

Adaptation Level Phenomenon

400

 What are some common internal/mental causes of  stress? 

 Pessimism, inability to accept uncertainty, Rigid thinking, Lack of flexibility 

400

Why (biologically) does stress increase vulnerability to bacterial and viral infections?

Stress hormones suppress the production of lymphocytes.

400

Name one benefit of coping skills.

Ability to decrease unwanted symptoms, management of emotions, ability to be in-tune with our body's messages

400

Name one of the physical changes in the body during the "Fight or Flight" response.

Heart rate increases, Blood Thickens, Senses Sharpens, Heavier Breathing, Adrenaline Kicks In, sweaty palms,

400

Some people, after a series of uncontrollable events, may develop a state of passive resignation called what?

Learned Helplessness

400

Martin Seligman identified the three Pillars of Positive Psychology: Well-being, Traits, and what?

Communities

500

What are three phases of the general adaptation syndrome

alarm reaction, resistance, and exhaustion.

500

Long term stress can cause

What is a weakened immune system Over time, ongoing stress can wear down your immune system. That leaves you more vulnerable to infections. Stress can make ulcers worse. But bacterial infections are to blame for most ulcers.

500

Attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring it, and attending to emotional needs related to the stress is known as what type of coping?

Emotion-focused coping


500

Attempting to alleviate/reduce stress directly by changing the stressor is known as what type of coping?

problem-focused coping

500

What is negative thinking?

Making a problem bigger than it really is, resulting in stress.

500

What is the Feel-good Do-good phenomenon?

When we feel good we are more likely to do something good, and vise versa