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| The collective psycholbiological condition that occurs in reaction to a disruptive, unexpeccted, or exciting stimulus. |
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| Any physical or psychological condition, event, or factor that causes positive or negative stress. |
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| Stress resulting from positve stressors |
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| Stress resulting form negative stressors |
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| the specific psychobiological changes that occur witha stressor and return to homeostatsis. |
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| The body's desired state of pgysiological equilibrium or balance. |
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| Adrenal gland hormone that is secreeted at higher levels during th estress response; also called epinephrine |
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| A series of physiological reactions to a stressor designed to enable the body to stand and fight or to flee. |
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| Protective physiological addaptions in reponse to stressors. |
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| general adaptation syndrome (GAS) |
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| An adaptive response consisting of three stages - alarm, resistance, exhaustion - through which the body strives to maintain or restore homeostatsis. |
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| The short-term adaptive processes that helps the body return to homeostasis. |
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| The wear and tear the body experiences as the result of the continuous or repeated demands of allostasis. |
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| Collection of symptoms resulting from the long=term effects of prolonnged exposure to the body's physiological stress reponses. |
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| The study of the interactions among psychological processes, the nervous system, hormones, and the immune system. |
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| A condition occurring when the amount of sleep you attain is less than the amount you need for optimal functioning. |
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| The physiological opposite response to fight-or-flight that canb e activated through relaxation techniques. |
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