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heart attacks, increased blood pressure/heart rate, strokes
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1 Stress 2 Allostatic load
Cardiovascular disease risks from
3 Distress 4
stress
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, a disturbance in an individual's physical and/or
emotional state that affects the body's "normal"
Stress
physiological state and to which the body must try to
adapt
any event or circumstance to which the body tries to
Stressor adapt; may be threatening, unfamiliar, disturbing or
exciting
a set of physiological changes that the body initiates
Stress response
in response to a stressor
Eustress positive stress (can be motivating)
Distress negative stress (can diminish wellness)
-senses/brain perceive threat
-brain sends signal, releases hormones into
bloodstream
Stress Response -hormones released by adrenal glands
-conversion of nutrients into glucose for energy to
respond
-fight or flight response
General Adaptation model of stress reaction based on the idea of
Syndrome (GAS) homeostasis, or the body's steady state
-alarm
Stages of GAS -resistance
-exhaustion
stressor disrupts body's stability, temporarily lowering
Alarm
resistance
adaptation resources are mobilized to combat
Resistance
stressor, body maintains and higher level of resistance
body runs out of adaptation energy stores for
Exhaustion adjusting to stressor and resistance drops below
normal
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Practice questions for this set
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heart attacks, increased blood pressure/heart rate, strokes
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1 Stress 2 Allostatic load
Cardiovascular disease risks from
3 Distress 4
stress
Don't know?
Terms in this set (56)
, a disturbance in an individual's physical and/or
emotional state that affects the body's "normal"
Stress
physiological state and to which the body must try to
adapt
any event or circumstance to which the body tries to
Stressor adapt; may be threatening, unfamiliar, disturbing or
exciting
a set of physiological changes that the body initiates
Stress response
in response to a stressor
Eustress positive stress (can be motivating)
Distress negative stress (can diminish wellness)
-senses/brain perceive threat
-brain sends signal, releases hormones into
bloodstream
Stress Response -hormones released by adrenal glands
-conversion of nutrients into glucose for energy to
respond
-fight or flight response
General Adaptation model of stress reaction based on the idea of
Syndrome (GAS) homeostasis, or the body's steady state
-alarm
Stages of GAS -resistance
-exhaustion
stressor disrupts body's stability, temporarily lowering
Alarm
resistance
adaptation resources are mobilized to combat
Resistance
stressor, body maintains and higher level of resistance
body runs out of adaptation energy stores for
Exhaustion adjusting to stressor and resistance drops below
normal
