Psych 160 Exam 2 Kondrad Questions And
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stressor ANS✔✔ event or incident that is appraised and leads to a stress
reaction
stress reaction ANS✔✔ your physical and emotional response to an
appraised stressor
stress ANS✔✔ the process of appraising a stressor that results in stress
reaction
it is how we _______ an event that leads to having a stress response or not
ANS✔✔ appraise
phase 1 of the body's stress response system ANS✔✔ alarm
alarm phase ANS✔✔ -fight or flight
during the alarm phase, pain is ________ and heart rate ___________ ANS✔✔
reduced, increases
during the alarm phase, in ________ gland produces: ANS✔✔ inner adrenal,
norepinephrine and epinephrine (adrenaline)
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who identified alarm phase of stress response system ANS✔✔ Walter
Cannon
phase 2 of the body's stress response system ANS✔✔ resistance
during the resistance stage the _______/_________ sends signals to the
_________ part of the adrenal glands to produce ______________ and other
stress hormones. ANS✔✔ hypothalamus/pituitary, outer, cortisol
the resistance stage focuses on ANS✔✔ coping
phase 3 of the body's stress response system ANS✔✔ exhaustion
what does GAS stand for ANS✔✔ general adaption syndrome
what is general adaption syndrome ANS✔✔ our stress response system
defends then fatigues
brief stress _______ immune system ANS✔✔ improves
what does brief stress do to ones motivation ANS✔✔ focused, energized
what does brief stress do to self-esteem ANS✔✔ encourages growth
effects of prolonged stress ANS✔✔ -production of new neurons declines
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-nueral circuits in therein break down
-DNA telomeres (chromosome tips) shorten
-cells lose ability to divide
-cells die
-tissue stops regenerating
-early aging and death
female stress repose ANS✔✔ -"tend and befriend"
-oxytocin plays a role in bonding
-women are more empathetic than men in times of stress
male stress response ANS✔✔ -more likely to socially withdrawn and use
drugs
-more likely to be aggressive
-less empathy than women in times of stress
stress _______ risk for illness ANS✔✔ increases
physiological results of stress ANS✔✔ blood pressure, poor immune system
function, more hormones
direct behavioral results of stress ANS✔✔ poor choices related to eating,
sleeping, exercising, use of drugs
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