Stress Management Midterm Exam with complete solutions

Stress Management Midterm Exam with complete solutions Stages of the general adaptation syndrome? - ANSWER ️️ 1. Alarm, 2. Resistance, 3. Exhaustion Types of stressors? Environmental, physical etc. - ANSWER ️️ eustress, neutress, distress, chronic stress Herbert Benson - ANSWER ️️ Relaxation Response is beneficial, as it counteracts the physiological effects of stress and the fight or flight response. Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) - ANSWER ️️ released by hypothalamus and results in the release of adrenocorticotropic hormone Sympathetic nervous - ANSWER ️️ The ANS nerves that project from the thoracic and lumbar regions of the spinal cord are part of the Sympathetic nervous system. fight or fight Autonomic nervous - ANSWER ️️ A subdivision of the peripheral nervous system. Controls involuntary activity of visceral muscles and internal organs and glands. Diencephalon - ANSWER ️️ A portion of the embryonic forebrain that becomes the thalamus, hypothalamus, posterior pituitary gland, and pineal gland. Thyrotropic hormone (TTH) - ANSWER ️️ stimulates the thyroid gland to secrete thyroxin Prodrome - ANSWER ️️ symptoms before the onset of a disease (4-5 years) Number of Americans have one or more migraines a year? - ANSWER ️️ 30 million Psychogenic disease - ANSWER ️️ Physical dis