Stress in Law Enforcement Social Science NYPD Study Solution Guide Exam With 100% Passed Answers.

What is Stress? - correct answer a mental and physical responses of our bodies to ANY type of change. stress can be two things: - correct answer Healthy and unhealthy Eustress - correct answer Stress that presents the opportunity for personal growth and satisfaction. distress - correct answer stress that leaves you feeling drained and irritable because it caused by troubles, which affects the body physiologically and psychologically. homeostasis - correct answer body and mind working together to deal with stress. General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) - correct answer outline of how a person responds to any stimuli which causes stress. 1. ALARM PHASE (FIGHT/FLIGHT RESPONSE): body senses a threat and become energized 2. RESISTANCE PHASE: body continues to resist until threat is over or until the body can no longer fight. 3. EXHAUSTION PHASE: energy store are depleted and the body enters into exhaustion. a person is susceptible to serious illness or even death. mind's response (3 Levels) - correct answer 1. ALARM PHASE: mind presented with a situation with which its unfamiliar; mind reacts with surprise and anxiety. 2. RESISTANCE PHASE: Mind Learns to cope with task effectively. 3. EXHAUSTION PHASE: this occurs after prolonged exposure to the stressor, when you have no effective solution and have depleted your internal resources this leads to a state the theory of cognitive appraisal - correct answer situations you uniquely perceive stressful causing distress (shaped by past experiences). external stressors - correct answer -frustration with judicial system -officer's dislike of decisions by administrative bodies -affecting law enforcement work -lack of support by public -negative media coverage. internal stressors - correct answer -department policies -inadequate career development opportunities -lack of recognition -poor economic benefits -inconsistent discipline. Stress in Police Work - correct answer exposure to life miseries life and death responsibility hours of boredom interrupted by minutes of excitement. work overload Stressor confronting the individual officer - correct answer being criticized by peers necessity to conform need to take a 2nd job need to further education critical stress - correct answer stress from a single incident chronic stress - correct answer stress that effects you over time. burnout - correct answer occurs when reserves of energy and adaptability are totally depleated and finds it hard to return to work overload - correct answer occurs prior to suffering burnout underload - correct answer boredom critical incident - correct answer any event that is sudden and is usually life threatening. reactions to critical incidents - correct answer nightmares, flashbacks, increased irritability, self doubt. if exposed to a critical incident - correct answer everyone's reaction is different and symptoms may emerge long after the incident employee assistance unit - correct answer provides critical incident stress debriefings for those who have been involved in critical incidents. suicide - correct answer the ultimate, desperate act as some Police Officers attempt to deal with personal problem. contributing factors - correct answer marital and relationship problems tend to be major characteristic linked to suicide for both men and women officers.