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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Stressor | Anything with the potential to cause a stress reaction. |
| Eustress | Stress that results in positive consequences |
| Distress | Stress that results in negative consequences |
| Walter Cannon | Twentieth Century Physiologist who first identified the "Fight or Flight" response |
| Hans Selye | Discovered that regardless of the source of the stress, the body reacts in the same manner... GAS |
| General Adaptation Syndrome | The body's total effort to cope with stress and adapt to it. |
| 3 phases of stress reactivity | Alarm reaction, Resistance, Exhaustion |
| Alarm reaction | body shows changes characteristic of the first exposure to stress |
| Resistance | stress products build up, but the body's physiology adapts by resisting the effects of the stress products. Signs of the alarm response disappear |
| Exhaustion | after long-term exposure to stressors, the resistance energy is used up. Signs of the Alarm stage reappear (irreversible), and the individual dies |
| Theories explain stress causes | Life Events Theory, Hardiness Theory, Social Support Theory |
| Life events theory | situation requires more resources than are available |
| Hardiness theory | one's attitude toward the events determines stress |
| Social Support Theory | insufficient social support for responding to event |
| Types of stressors | biological, psychological, sociological, philosophical |
| Symbolic stressors | non-life threatening stressors for which the Flight or Fight response would be inappropriate |
| Potential for illness | duration**(more imp) and degree of one's physiological reaction to a stressor determines... |
| What is stress? | stressor + reactivity to that stressor |
| Pressue - Adaptability | = stress |
| motivator | stress should be used as a _________ for peak performance |
| harmful | limit __________ effects |
| developing the relaxation response | Goal for stress management? |
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