CMAN 272 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Stress - Answer -the body and mind's reaction to any stimulus
What is important about stress? - Answer -response rather than stimuli
Eustress - Answer -stress that positively affects you
What is the continuum of stress? - Answer -eustress--> distress
What types of stress can an individual experience? - Answer -persistent, chronic,
acute, short-term, good, or harmful
Situational crisis - Answer -normal coping mechanisms no longer work for the patient
anymore
What is the relay station in the brain that integrates sensory input? - Answer -thalamus
Maturational crisis - Answer -due to natural aging processes that create a type of
change that can feel overwhelming for people
What happens if the individual cannot recover in the resistance stage? - Answer -
exhaustion stage
What occurs during the exhaustion stage? - Answer -resources are depleted and the
body cannot compensate; stress is chronic
How can stress impact immune cells? - Answer -releases cytokines
Chronic stress puts the individual at greater risk for which diseases later in life? -
Answer -CVD, cancer, mental health disorders
How does chronic stress impact serotonin levels in the brain? - Answer -serotonin
production is activated--> may impair brain's ability to use serotonin
Will the effects of perceived stress be the same whether it is real or just perceived? -
Answer -yes
How we adapt and adjust to stress - Answer -coping
What is the goal of coping? - Answer -adaptation
Is coping a subconscious or conscious effort? - Answer -conscious effort
, Support the patient's overall emotional and physical well being - Answer -adaptive
coping
Sometimes can reduce the perceived stress but can create an alternative stress in the
long run - Answer -maladaptive coping
Avoiding a negative situation and emotions that is external from the individual - Answer
-denial
Is denial unconscious or conscious? - Answer -unconscious
Avoiding the negative feeling that is internal - Answer -repression
Is repression unconscious or conscious? - Answer -unconscious
What is the end result when individuals undergo stress for long periods of time? -
Answer -increased amounts of cortisol
What are symptoms related to increased epinephrine? - Answer -increased HR,
increased oxygen intake, increased blood glucose, increased mental acuity
What are the three stages of the general adaptation syndrome? - Answer -alarm stage,
resistance stage, exhaustion stage
What should occur in the resistance stage? - Answer -PNS kicks into gear and
individual adapts to the stressor
What is the difference between denial and repression? - Answer -repression is
response to internal stressor; denial is response to external stressor
Conscious denial of different types of feelings that are difficult - Answer -suppression
What is the difference between repression and suppression? - Answer -repression is
unconscious; suppression is conscious
Justification of the unpleasant emotion - Answer -rationalization
When does rationalization come into play? - Answer -substance use
Counterbalances a certain weakness - Answer -compensation
Make up for unpleasant feelings - Answer -undoing
Unconsciously rejection of people or events due to a previous situation - Answer -
projection
Stress - Answer -the body and mind's reaction to any stimulus
What is important about stress? - Answer -response rather than stimuli
Eustress - Answer -stress that positively affects you
What is the continuum of stress? - Answer -eustress--> distress
What types of stress can an individual experience? - Answer -persistent, chronic,
acute, short-term, good, or harmful
Situational crisis - Answer -normal coping mechanisms no longer work for the patient
anymore
What is the relay station in the brain that integrates sensory input? - Answer -thalamus
Maturational crisis - Answer -due to natural aging processes that create a type of
change that can feel overwhelming for people
What happens if the individual cannot recover in the resistance stage? - Answer -
exhaustion stage
What occurs during the exhaustion stage? - Answer -resources are depleted and the
body cannot compensate; stress is chronic
How can stress impact immune cells? - Answer -releases cytokines
Chronic stress puts the individual at greater risk for which diseases later in life? -
Answer -CVD, cancer, mental health disorders
How does chronic stress impact serotonin levels in the brain? - Answer -serotonin
production is activated--> may impair brain's ability to use serotonin
Will the effects of perceived stress be the same whether it is real or just perceived? -
Answer -yes
How we adapt and adjust to stress - Answer -coping
What is the goal of coping? - Answer -adaptation
Is coping a subconscious or conscious effort? - Answer -conscious effort
, Support the patient's overall emotional and physical well being - Answer -adaptive
coping
Sometimes can reduce the perceived stress but can create an alternative stress in the
long run - Answer -maladaptive coping
Avoiding a negative situation and emotions that is external from the individual - Answer
-denial
Is denial unconscious or conscious? - Answer -unconscious
Avoiding the negative feeling that is internal - Answer -repression
Is repression unconscious or conscious? - Answer -unconscious
What is the end result when individuals undergo stress for long periods of time? -
Answer -increased amounts of cortisol
What are symptoms related to increased epinephrine? - Answer -increased HR,
increased oxygen intake, increased blood glucose, increased mental acuity
What are the three stages of the general adaptation syndrome? - Answer -alarm stage,
resistance stage, exhaustion stage
What should occur in the resistance stage? - Answer -PNS kicks into gear and
individual adapts to the stressor
What is the difference between denial and repression? - Answer -repression is
response to internal stressor; denial is response to external stressor
Conscious denial of different types of feelings that are difficult - Answer -suppression
What is the difference between repression and suppression? - Answer -repression is
unconscious; suppression is conscious
Justification of the unpleasant emotion - Answer -rationalization
When does rationalization come into play? - Answer -substance use
Counterbalances a certain weakness - Answer -compensation
Make up for unpleasant feelings - Answer -undoing
Unconsciously rejection of people or events due to a previous situation - Answer -
projection
