stress - Answers The demand made upon the adaptive capacities of the mind and body.
stressor - Answers any event or situation that an individual perceives as a threat that causes them to
adapt or initiate the stress response
eustress - Answers positive, desirable stress that helps motivate us
distress - Answers negative effects of stress that drain energy and surpass our capacity to cope
acute stress - Answers results from a short term stressor.
usually sudden and intense but goes away quickly
episodic acute stress - Answers regularly experiencing acute stress
-short temper
-irritable
-anxious
chronic stress - Answers long term stress resulting from problems that don't seem to go away.
-can be the result of draining relationships, bad job, debt
5 dimensions of hollistic health - Answers physical, social, spiritual, emotional and intellectual
physical health - Answers when the cells, tissues, organs and systems in your body are in working order
-body able to minimize illness and disease
-weight
-exercise
-sleep
intellectual health (mental) - Answers the ability to think and learn from experiences, asses and question
new information, openness to learn new things, how you think
emotional health - Answers pertains to feelings, experiencing a wide range of feelings in a healthy way
spiritual health - Answers the principles that guide a person and give meaning and purpose to life
-religion
-volunteer work
, social health - Answers the ability to relate to others and express care and concern for others
most common stressors for college students - Answers time management, personal expectations,
finances, family life and expectations, relationships, living arrangements, information overload, daily
hassles, choices, physical heath issues
fight or flight response - Answers the body's automatic response anytime we perceive a threat or
danger, primitive
physiological changes caused by stress response - Answers -increase power, speed and strength
-activating the sympathetic nervous system
- increased heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, brain wave activity muscle contraction, secretion
from sweat glands
-adrenaline
Stages of General adaption syndrome - Answers 1. Alarm Stage
homeostasis has been disrupted, nervous and endocrine system activated
2. Stage of resistance
if stress continues, body mobilizes to withstand stress and return to homeostasis
3. Exhaustion
if stress continues long enough, the body can no longer function normally. body breaks down in a variety
of ways due to chronic stress
general adaption syndrome - Answers a process by which a body tries to adapt to stress
science of stress and how it affects our lives - Answers fight or flight response, general adaption
syndrome and how we use it, relate it to events in our life, how relaxation can help interrupt the stress
response
stress and the disease - Answers too high of stress can cause health problems, can contribute to most
major diseases, cardiovascular disease,
effects of medium to long term stress - Answers muscle tension and pain, headaches, fatigue, upset
stomach, difficulty sleeping, bruxism
stress and the immune system - Answers weakened immune system, more prone to sickness,
stress and the heart - Answers cardiovacular disease, high blood pressure, high cortisol levels, higher
heart rate,blood clots more easily, heart attacks caused by inflammation