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| List five emotions that are associated with threats |
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Definition
| Anxiety, fear, frustration, anger, depression |
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Term
| What happens when a person displays the “flight or fight response”? |
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Definition
Fight or flight is a physical response to stress. This response prepares the person to face a situation (fight) or to flee a situation (flight).
• Adrenaline is released into the body
• Heart rate and blood pressure elevate to increase blood flow to muscles
• Constricts blood vessels in skin to reduce bleeding if wounded
• Pupils dilate to improve vision
• Activity in the reticular formation of the brain increases in order to increase alertness
• Liberates glucose and fatty acids from body storage to make more energy available
• Activates immune cells in order to quickly assist the body if wounded |
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| What life event requires the most adjustment? |
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| What are the psychological and physiological effects of a reaction? |
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| What types of individuals are less likely to suffer from stress? |
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Definition
| People who can influence the course of their lives |
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Term
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Definition
| The sum of physical and emotional reactions to any stimulus that disturbs the harmony of the body |
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Term
| What feeling is a possible result of failure to achieve a personal goal? |
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Definition
| Frustration, depression, anger |
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Term
| What three body systems respond when an individual experiences a challenging situation? |
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Definition
| Nervous system, endocrine system, immune system |
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Term
| What is the environmental component of stress? |
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Definition
| Environmental component consists of situations and events that can cause stress called stressors. |
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| What are the three types of situations for the environmental component? |
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Definition
1. The Harm-and-loss situation that includes death, theft, damage of property physical injury assult of loss of self esteem.
2. Threat situations in which the potential for harm or loss is present and causes continual upheaval.
3. Challenge situations that are opportunities for growth, mastery and gain. This situation causes eustress as oppose to distress. |
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| What is the mental component of stress? |
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Definition
| Mental component is when a person perceives a situation as having the potential to damage an individual physically or emotionally, and if the individual believes they have the resources and ability to deal with a situation |
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| What is the emotional component of stress? |
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Definition
| Emotional component is the emotions that happen when an individual perceives a situation as threatening to physical or emotional well being when resources are limited or uncertain. |
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Term
| Define the term stressor. |
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Definition
| Any physical or psychological situation that produces stress |
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Term
| What are the three components of stress? |
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Definition
| Environmental, Emotional and Mental |
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Term
| What are the three phases of general adaptation syndrome? |
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Definition
1. Stage of alarm
2. Stage of resistance
3. Stage of exhaustion |
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Term
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| A persons ability to withstand or resist a stressor is lowered when dealing with the stressor. |
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| What is stage of resistance? |
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Definition
| Stage of resistance when the body continues to resist the stressor. Prolonged physical response to the stressor will deplete the body’s ability to resist. |
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Term
| What is stage of exhaustion? |
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Definition
| A body has been resisting a stressor for so long that it is exhausted and the person succumbs to illness |
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Term
| List three stress related illnesses? |
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Definition
| Diabetes, flu, depression, ulcers, asthma,arthritis |
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Term
| List four strategies humans use to manage stressful feelings. |
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Definition
a. Problem focused coping
b. Emotion focused coping
c. Denial/distancing
d. Giving up |
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| What is problem focused coping? |
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Definition
| A person believes they can change things for the better and when confronted with a stressful situation devise a plan to deal with the problem and focus on improvement |
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| What is emotion focused coping? |
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Definition
| A stressful situation is not fixable by problem focused coping and a person decides to work with the realities of the situation. |
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