Hpex 354 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

stress - A percieved threat (real or imagined) on our mind, body, spirit, or emotions stress reaction - the body's initial (CNS) reaction to a perceived threat stress response - a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a percieved harmful event, attack, or threat to survival homeostasis - the tendancy towrd a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements Walter Cannon - made the fight-or-flight response (stress response) stage 1 of stress response - stimulus se...