Stress Management Exam 1 2025
Questions and Answers
Definition of stress - ANSWER✔✔-The experience of a perceived threat (real or
imagined) to one's mental, physical, or spiritual well being, resulting from a series of
physiological responses and adaptations.
Stress is... - ANSWER✔✔--Stress is any change you encounter
-Stress is wear and tear on the body
-Stress is the inability to cope with problems
-Stress is the loss of emotional control
-Stress is the absence of inner peace
Acute stress - ANSWER✔✔-Stress that is intense in nature but short in duration.
Example - getting pulled over by a cop, stressful but short situation
Chronic stress - ANSWER✔✔-Stress that is not as intense as acute stress, but that lingers
for a prolonged period of time. Example - financial problems
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,Walter Cannon - ANSWER✔✔-Came up with the flight-or-fight response; the
instinctive physiological response preparing the body, when confronted with a threat to
either fight or flee; an evolutionary survival dynamic.
fight-or-flight stages - ANSWER✔✔-1. stimuli from one or more of the 5 senses are sent
to the brain (a scream, smell of fire, the taste of poison, a passing truck in your lane)
2. the brain deciphers the stimulus as either a threat or a non threat. If the stimulus is
not regarded as a threat, this is the end of the response (the scream came from the t.v.)
However, if the response is decoded as a real threat, the brain activates the nervous and
endocrine systems to quickly prepare for defense and/or escape.
3. The body stays activated, aroused, or keyed up until the threat is over
4. The body returns to homeostasis, a state of physiological calmness, once the state is
gone.
Stage 1 of fight-or-flight - ANSWER✔✔-1. stimuli from one or more of the 5 senses are
sent to the brain (a scream, smell of fire, the taste of poison, a passing truck in your
lane)
Stage 2 of fight-or-flight - ANSWER✔✔-2. the brain deciphers the stimulus as either a
threat or a non threat. If the stimulus is not regarded as a threat, this is the end of the
response (the scream came from the t.v.) However, if the response is decoded as a real
threat, the brain activates the nervous and endocrine systems to quickly prepare for
defense and/or escape.
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,Stage 3 of fight-or-flight - ANSWER✔✔-3. The body stays activated, aroused, or keyed
up until the threat is over
Stage 4 of fight-or-flight - ANSWER✔✔-4. The body returns to homeostasis, a state of
physiological calmness, once the state is gone.
Hans Selye - ANSWER✔✔-Came up with the General Adaptation Syndrome, there are
three distinct physiological phases in reaction to chronic stress; 1. the alarm phase 2. the
resistance phase 3. the exhaustion phase
General Adaptation Syndrome - ANSWER✔✔-1. Alarm phase - Several body systems
are activated, primarily the nervous system and endocrine system, followed by the
cardiovascular, pulmonary, and musculoskeletal systems. All senses are put on high
alert until the danger is over.
2. Resistance phase - The body tries to revert to a state of physiological calmness, or
homeostasis, by resisting the alarm. Because the perception of a threat still exists;
however, complete homeostasis is never reached. Instead, the body stays activated or
aroused, usually at a lesser intensity that during the alarm stage but enough to cause
higher metabolic rate in some organ tissue.
3. Exhaustion phase - exhaustion occurs when one or more of the organs are targeted by
specific metabolic processes can no longer meet the demands placed upon it and fails to
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, function properly. This can result in death to the organ and depending on which organ
becomes dysfunctional (the heart), possibly the death of the organism as a whole.
General Adaptation Syndrome phase 1 - ANSWER✔✔-1. Alarm phase - Several body
systems are activated, primarily the nervous system and endocrine system, followed by
the cardiovascular, pulmonary, and musculoskeletal systems. All senses are put on high
alert until the danger is over.
General Adaptation Syndrome phase 2 - ANSWER✔✔-2. Resistance phase - The body
tries to revert to a state of physiological calmness, or homeostasis, by resisting the
alarm. Because the perception of a threat still exists; however, complete homeostasis is
never reached. Instead, the body stays activated or aroused, usually at a lesser intensity
that during the alarm stage but enough to cause higher metabolic rate in some organ
tissue.
General Adaptation Syndrome phase 3 - ANSWER✔✔-3. Exhaustion phase - exhaustion
occurs when one or more of the organs are targeted by specific metabolic processes can
no longer meet the demands placed upon it and fails to function properly. This can
result in death to the organ and depending on which organ becomes dysfunctional (the
heart), possibly the death of the organism as a whole.
Stress and Sleep - ANSWER✔✔-Strong connection between stress and insomnia
Insomnia - ANSWER✔✔-poor quality sleep, abnormal wakefulness or the inability to
sleep - can affect anyone
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Questions and Answers
Definition of stress - ANSWER✔✔-The experience of a perceived threat (real or
imagined) to one's mental, physical, or spiritual well being, resulting from a series of
physiological responses and adaptations.
Stress is... - ANSWER✔✔--Stress is any change you encounter
-Stress is wear and tear on the body
-Stress is the inability to cope with problems
-Stress is the loss of emotional control
-Stress is the absence of inner peace
Acute stress - ANSWER✔✔-Stress that is intense in nature but short in duration.
Example - getting pulled over by a cop, stressful but short situation
Chronic stress - ANSWER✔✔-Stress that is not as intense as acute stress, but that lingers
for a prolonged period of time. Example - financial problems
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,Walter Cannon - ANSWER✔✔-Came up with the flight-or-fight response; the
instinctive physiological response preparing the body, when confronted with a threat to
either fight or flee; an evolutionary survival dynamic.
fight-or-flight stages - ANSWER✔✔-1. stimuli from one or more of the 5 senses are sent
to the brain (a scream, smell of fire, the taste of poison, a passing truck in your lane)
2. the brain deciphers the stimulus as either a threat or a non threat. If the stimulus is
not regarded as a threat, this is the end of the response (the scream came from the t.v.)
However, if the response is decoded as a real threat, the brain activates the nervous and
endocrine systems to quickly prepare for defense and/or escape.
3. The body stays activated, aroused, or keyed up until the threat is over
4. The body returns to homeostasis, a state of physiological calmness, once the state is
gone.
Stage 1 of fight-or-flight - ANSWER✔✔-1. stimuli from one or more of the 5 senses are
sent to the brain (a scream, smell of fire, the taste of poison, a passing truck in your
lane)
Stage 2 of fight-or-flight - ANSWER✔✔-2. the brain deciphers the stimulus as either a
threat or a non threat. If the stimulus is not regarded as a threat, this is the end of the
response (the scream came from the t.v.) However, if the response is decoded as a real
threat, the brain activates the nervous and endocrine systems to quickly prepare for
defense and/or escape.
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,Stage 3 of fight-or-flight - ANSWER✔✔-3. The body stays activated, aroused, or keyed
up until the threat is over
Stage 4 of fight-or-flight - ANSWER✔✔-4. The body returns to homeostasis, a state of
physiological calmness, once the state is gone.
Hans Selye - ANSWER✔✔-Came up with the General Adaptation Syndrome, there are
three distinct physiological phases in reaction to chronic stress; 1. the alarm phase 2. the
resistance phase 3. the exhaustion phase
General Adaptation Syndrome - ANSWER✔✔-1. Alarm phase - Several body systems
are activated, primarily the nervous system and endocrine system, followed by the
cardiovascular, pulmonary, and musculoskeletal systems. All senses are put on high
alert until the danger is over.
2. Resistance phase - The body tries to revert to a state of physiological calmness, or
homeostasis, by resisting the alarm. Because the perception of a threat still exists;
however, complete homeostasis is never reached. Instead, the body stays activated or
aroused, usually at a lesser intensity that during the alarm stage but enough to cause
higher metabolic rate in some organ tissue.
3. Exhaustion phase - exhaustion occurs when one or more of the organs are targeted by
specific metabolic processes can no longer meet the demands placed upon it and fails to
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, function properly. This can result in death to the organ and depending on which organ
becomes dysfunctional (the heart), possibly the death of the organism as a whole.
General Adaptation Syndrome phase 1 - ANSWER✔✔-1. Alarm phase - Several body
systems are activated, primarily the nervous system and endocrine system, followed by
the cardiovascular, pulmonary, and musculoskeletal systems. All senses are put on high
alert until the danger is over.
General Adaptation Syndrome phase 2 - ANSWER✔✔-2. Resistance phase - The body
tries to revert to a state of physiological calmness, or homeostasis, by resisting the
alarm. Because the perception of a threat still exists; however, complete homeostasis is
never reached. Instead, the body stays activated or aroused, usually at a lesser intensity
that during the alarm stage but enough to cause higher metabolic rate in some organ
tissue.
General Adaptation Syndrome phase 3 - ANSWER✔✔-3. Exhaustion phase - exhaustion
occurs when one or more of the organs are targeted by specific metabolic processes can
no longer meet the demands placed upon it and fails to function properly. This can
result in death to the organ and depending on which organ becomes dysfunctional (the
heart), possibly the death of the organism as a whole.
Stress and Sleep - ANSWER✔✔-Strong connection between stress and insomnia
Insomnia - ANSWER✔✔-poor quality sleep, abnormal wakefulness or the inability to
sleep - can affect anyone
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