GNRS 584 Mental Health - Week 2 -
Understanding and Managing Responses to
Stress Questions With Complete Solutions
____ and individual responses to ____ are central to
psychiatric disorders and the provision of mental
health care. Correct Answers Stress
____ stressors can include environmental conditions
such as extreme heat or cold, natural disaster,
trauma, or infection, hemorrhage, illness, and pain.
Correct Answers Physical
____ stressors can include things like: divorce,
death of a loved one, fear, changes in life
circumstances such as job loss, marriage,
retirement, the birth of a child, or unexpected
success. Correct Answers Psychological
____ synthesis appears to be more active during
times of stress. Correct Answers Serotonin
-Alarm or acute stress stage
-Resistance or adaptation stage
-Exhaustion stage Correct Answers General
Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
A negative draining energy that results in anxiety.
Correct Answers Distress
, A positive and beneficial energy that motivates and
results in feelings of happiness, hopefulness, and
purposeful movement. Correct Answers Eustress
Also the GAS is a very accurate description of a
male stress response- women tend to respond
more to stressors by ____ and ____- this survival
strategy emphasizes the protection of the young
and a reliance on the social network for support.
Women tend to be more vulnerable to stress
related disorders than men. Correct Answers
tending, befriending
Another thing to consider is that the body cannot
differentiate between energy generated by positive
or negative stimuli. Lazarus described these
reactions as: Correct Answers Distress & Eustress.
Brain cortex and hypothalamus signal the adrenal
glands to release the chatecholamine adrenalin.
This causes the increase in sympathetic nervous
system activity ( think increased HR, respirations,
& HR (to enhance strength and speed). Pupils
dilate for a broad view of the environment, and
blood is shunted away from the digestive tract -
causing dry mouth- and kidneys to more essential
organs. Correct Answers Sympathetic
Can be called the adaptation stage because it is
during this stage that sustained and optimal
Understanding and Managing Responses to
Stress Questions With Complete Solutions
____ and individual responses to ____ are central to
psychiatric disorders and the provision of mental
health care. Correct Answers Stress
____ stressors can include environmental conditions
such as extreme heat or cold, natural disaster,
trauma, or infection, hemorrhage, illness, and pain.
Correct Answers Physical
____ stressors can include things like: divorce,
death of a loved one, fear, changes in life
circumstances such as job loss, marriage,
retirement, the birth of a child, or unexpected
success. Correct Answers Psychological
____ synthesis appears to be more active during
times of stress. Correct Answers Serotonin
-Alarm or acute stress stage
-Resistance or adaptation stage
-Exhaustion stage Correct Answers General
Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
A negative draining energy that results in anxiety.
Correct Answers Distress
, A positive and beneficial energy that motivates and
results in feelings of happiness, hopefulness, and
purposeful movement. Correct Answers Eustress
Also the GAS is a very accurate description of a
male stress response- women tend to respond
more to stressors by ____ and ____- this survival
strategy emphasizes the protection of the young
and a reliance on the social network for support.
Women tend to be more vulnerable to stress
related disorders than men. Correct Answers
tending, befriending
Another thing to consider is that the body cannot
differentiate between energy generated by positive
or negative stimuli. Lazarus described these
reactions as: Correct Answers Distress & Eustress.
Brain cortex and hypothalamus signal the adrenal
glands to release the chatecholamine adrenalin.
This causes the increase in sympathetic nervous
system activity ( think increased HR, respirations,
& HR (to enhance strength and speed). Pupils
dilate for a broad view of the environment, and
blood is shunted away from the digestive tract -
causing dry mouth- and kidneys to more essential
organs. Correct Answers Sympathetic
Can be called the adaptation stage because it is
during this stage that sustained and optimal
