PSYC 365 Chapter 2 Questions With Answers

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PSYC 365 Chapter 2 Questions With
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Stress - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔The non-specific mental result
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of any demand upon the body.
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Influenced by an individual's cognitive appraisal.
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Interdisciplinary concept. //

Coping - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔strategies that an individual
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employs to deal with stresses caused by the ever changing
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demands of the environment.
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SHIFT: being scared of tigers now being scared of class deadlines
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(still the same physiological response)
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Stress Literacy - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔the degree to which
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an individual (or community) understands the effects of stress.
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Do we perform better when psyched up or relaxed?
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,What are some reasons it is hard to define stress? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS(S)✔✔Stress as a social construct.
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Multidimensional phenomenon // //

Can be studied in multiple ways: stimulus-based (impact life
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events and their relationship to physical illness when stress is
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excessive); response-based/physiological (focuses on the
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connection between the physiological responses to stress and
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physical illness); and interactional/imbalance between demands
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of environment and our ability to cope (Describes stress as a
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relationship which exists between a person and the environment
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that is appraised by the person as being taxing or exceeding
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their resources and endangering their well-being)
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Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔the dynamic // // // //

physiological response to maintain a stable internal state in
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spite of the demands of the environment
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the bodies attempts to maintain a stable internal state
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Fight or Flight Response - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔Definition:
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complex automatic reaction when faced with a perceived threat.
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, Components: sympathetic nervous system secrets hormones
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throught eh adrenal gland.
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Evolutionary. //

Concerns regarding the implication of physical illness through the
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continuous activation of the flight-or-fight response (does not
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translate to contemporary life).
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What are some sex differences to consider for the flight or fight
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response? - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔Tend and befriend: female
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response to stress has evolved to increase likelihood of survival
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of both the self and offspring.
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Establish social network and nurturing behavior's
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Release of endocrine response: oxytocin
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Eustress - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔a state of physical and
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psychological well-being that is associated with increased
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motivation and the acceptance of challenge.
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stressors - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✔✔environmental demands
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placed on us that cause use to feel stressed.
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