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Summary Stress worksheet for health psychology
- Module
- Unit 26 - Health Psychology
- Institution
- PEARSON (PEARSON)
This is another segment required for the second assignment of unit 26 and it focuses on stress.
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Level 3-BTEC Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care-Health route 2AStudent name:
What is stress? (define and Explain the physiological changes of
reference source) stress.
Stress can be defined as a state of worry Cortisol is a steroid which is otherwise known as the
or mental tension caused by a difficult stress hormone because cortisol is released by the
situation (World Health Organisation, adrenal glands under high levels of stress.
2021). The physiological alterations that your body
Stress can affect people in different ways experiences in response to stress are referred to as
because it Is considered a natural general adaption syndrome (GAS). There are three
response in the human body, which phases to these modifications: an alarm response
means it is inevitable that everybody has (also known as the "fight-or-flight" response), a
experienced stress at some point in their resistance period (during which the body heals), and
life. an exhaustion period. The body's first reaction to
stress is known as the alarm response phase of
general adaption syndrome. A abrupt surge of
hormones causes the sympathetic nervous system to
become active. The sympathetic nervous system
activates the adrenal glands when it is engaged.
Adrenaline and noradrenaline are two hormones that
What intrinsic factors may are released as a result of the glands.
The hormone production results in bodily symptoms
cause stress? including an elevation in blood pressure, heart rate,
Intrinsic factors are natural factors that
and the rate at which one breathes.
happen personally within oneself. These
can include a person’s own thoughts and
Following the first jolt of stress, your body attempts
feelings and beliefs. An example of an
to restore itself during the resistance stage of general
intrinsic factor would be anxiety because
adaption syndrome. The heart rate and blood
anxiety is an intrinsic feeling because it is
pressure are going to begin recovering to prestress
innate and internal because nobody else
values at this point if the stressful circumstance is not
will be able to physically see that feeling.
anymore relevant and you are able to deal with the
Anxiety is an example of an intrinsic
stress. High amounts of stress over an extended
factor that can cause stress because it
period of time can interfere with the immune,
creates a sense of worry and fear which
digestive, cardiovascular, sleep, and reproductive
can make it difficult to function in a
systems. Exhaustion, the final stage of general
typical daily routine due to the feelings of
adaption syndrome, is brought on by persistent or
being overwhelmed. This could then lead
chronic stress. Your mental, emotional, and physical
to the stress developing into symptoms
capabilities become so depleted by enduring
that become more physical, such as
challenges without relief that your body is hardly
headaches and fatigue.
capable to handle stress.
Negative thoughts can also lead to
feelings of stress as they would create a
cycle of feeling worried with no positive
outcome. The brain would then interpret
this as a threat which would trigger the
fight or flight reactions which would then
trigger the release of adrenaline.
Other intrinsic factors that can contribute
to stress could be personality traits such
as being a pessimistic person and other
values and attitudes that a person would
possess.
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