stress - correct answer ✔a response to something in your life that involves
an unpleasant state of anxiety or tension
stress is - correct answer ✔subjective
Eustress vs. Distress - correct answer ✔good stress vs bad stress
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis - correct answer ✔body's long
term response to prolonged stress
hypothalamus - correct answer ✔activates pituitary gland
pituitary gland - correct answer ✔sends hormones to the adrenal gland
adrenal gland - correct answer ✔secrete cortisol
cortisol increases - correct answer ✔glucose in the blood stream
hormones are - correct answer ✔long acting and continue to affect organs
even after the stressor is gone
excessive cortisol - correct answer ✔can damage hippocampus
Positive reappraisal - correct answer ✔focus on the good in a situation
, Positive reappraisal example - correct answer ✔you just got fired from your
job
downward comparison - correct answer ✔comparing yourself with a person
who ranks lower than you on some dimension
downward comparison example - correct answer ✔you just got diagnosed
with diabetes
creation of positive events - correct answer ✔giving positive meaning to
ordinary events
creation of positive events example - correct answer ✔having a stressful
time at school
What is personality? - correct answer ✔a person's characteristic thoughts,
emotional responses, and behaviors
personality trais - correct answer ✔patterns of thought, emotion, and
behavior that is
personality is influenced by - correct answer ✔genetics
personality is influenced by - correct answer ✔environmental factors
personality begins in - correct answer ✔infancy
personality has a - correct answer ✔genetic component