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Secondary Traumatic Stress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔is the natural consequent behaviours and
emotions resulting from knowledge about a trauma experienced by another person. It's also the
stress resulting from helping or wanting to help a traumatized person.
post-tramatic stress disorder (PTSD) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔an anxiety disorder characterized
by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that
lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience
Counter-transference - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔an emotional reaction of the therapist that
reflects the therapist's inner needs and conflicts
Duty To Train - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
Hyper-vigilance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Is an enhanced state of awareness or "being on guard"
that impedes ones ability to relax and disengage from a stressful situation.
4 stages of stress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1. Environmental Demand
2. Perception of Demand
3. Stress Response
4. Behavioral Consequences
Acute Life events - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
, Chronic Stressors - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔threatening events that have a relatively long duration
and no readily apparent time limit
Chronic Stress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Continuous stressful arousal persisting over time.
humor and stress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Humor can help with stress coping.
Reduce sensitivity to pain and stress
Reduce time to calm down after stressful event
Cumulative effects not found
Assertiveness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔expressing one's opinions forcefully without offending
others, getting what is wanted, but not at the expense of others
Passive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without
active response or resistance.
Passive Agressive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a pattern of indirectly expressing negative feelings
instead of openly addressing them
Broken Record Technique - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Calmly repeating your assertive message
without getting sidetracked by irrelevant issues. like getting your NO across
Fogging - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Assertive skill in which a person responds to a criticism by
making noncommittal statements that cannot be argued against
anger - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.