Defense and Coping
Purpose of defense mechanisms
What is protecting self-esteem and reducing anxiety?
Brain structure that initiates a stress response
What is the hypothalamus?
Name of 3-stage stress response
What is General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)?
Most common type of stress
What is acute stress?
Definition of crisis
What is a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger?
Refusal to accept reality
What is denial?
Hormones released by SNS
What are epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine?
First stage of GAS
What is the alarm stage?
Stress that is brief but intense
What is acute stress?
Duration of acute stress disorder
What is less than one month?
Blaming others for own’s feelings
What is projection?
Neurotransmitter that increases alertness
What is dopamine
Goal of General Adaptation Syndrome
What is homeostasis?
Frequent bouts of acute stress
What is episodic acute stress?
Disorder diagnosed after 1 month
What is PTSD?
Returning to earlier behaviors
What is regression?
Hormone released by adrenal glands
What is cortisol?
Theory involving person–environment interaction
What is the Transactional Theory of Stress and Coping?
Long-term disabling stress
What is chronic stress?
Highest level of crisis severity
What is level 4?
Examples of healthy coping
What are exercise, nutrition, self-care, and stress management?
Physiologic changes seen during fight or flight
What are increased HR, BP, glucose, bronchodilation, pupil dilation?
Two appraisal stages in transactional theory
What are primary and secondary appraisal?
Stress that can harm health over time
What is chronic stress?
Trigger for a crisis
What is a precipitating event?