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Physiological Effects
Miscellaneous
Stress Management
100
Reaction of body and mind to everyday challenges and demands
What is stress?
100
Anything that causes stress.
What is a stressor?
100
Defending or fleeing.
What is fight or flight response?
100
Over-achieving, tense, and uptight.
What is personality Type A?
100
Skills that help you reduce and deal with stress in your life.
What are stress/management skills?
200
Examples include: school, homework, sports, friendships, etc.
What is a stressor?
200
Act of becoming aware through the senses.
What is perception?
200
Body adapts and reacts to the stressor, causing a higher level of performance.
What is the resistance stage of the Stress Response Cycle?
200
Easy going, carefree, and laid back.
What is personality Type B?
200
Deep breathing, yoga, humor, aromatherapy and reflexology.
What are relaxation techniques?
300
Long-term stress beyond a person's control.
What is chronic stress?
300
"Good" stress.
What is eustress?
300
Body is in high alert and the fight or flight response occurs.
What is the alarm stage of the Stress Response Cycle?
300
Characteristic that makes you more vulnerable to stress.
What is low self-esteem?
300
Using refusal skills, planning ahead, and thinking positively.
What are ways to manage stress?
400
"Bad" stress.
What is distress?
400
A state of calm.
What is a relaxation response?
400
Dilated pupils, increased heart rate, and perspiration.
What are examples of physiological effects during fight/flight response?
400
Sends a signal to shut down the flow of cortisol.
What is the hippocampus?
400
Watching TV, eating poorly and skipping exercise.
What are the "wrong" ways to deal with stress?
500
Stress hormone produced slowly by adrenal glands.
What is cortisol?
500
Keep chromosomes from shredding. Stress causes them to become shorter and increase the rate of aging.
What is a telomere?
500
Headaches, weakened immune system, high blood pressure, bruxism, and digestive disorders.
What are psychosomatic responses to stress?
500
Stress overwhelms the system and causes you to lose ability to reason.
What is learned helplessness?
500
Therapy using essential oils extracted from plant materials to promote physical, emotional, and spiritual health and balance.
What is aromatherapy?