CAUSE AND EFFECTS OF STRESS/COPING WITH STRESS IN MIDDLE AND LATE ADOLESCENCESUNDERSTANDING THE BRAIN PARTS, ITS PROCESSES, AND ITS FUNCTIONS/ Flashcards
simple reaction to an input that disturbs our physical and mental balance. It is ever-present
in everyone’s life in various situations and activities
Stress
is the type of stress you feel when you are excited.
Eustress
It happens when you feel stressors that burden you and put you over a seemingly hopeless
situation which hinders your problem-solving capability.
Distress
It occur when an event or stimulus requires us to change in some way that makes a change the living environment a stressful experience. Apart from moving from home to school, commuting going to school, bumping into new faces on campus, disorders from roommates,
etc. is tensed experience.
Environmental Factors of Stress
These are the responsibilities related to work in school.
Academic Factors of Stress
It deals with health issues which are the concern of everyone because bad
health causes a lot of damage to the life of a person.
Physical Factors of Stress
It involve emotional problems (depression, anxiety, anger, grief, guilt, low self-esteem) Taking care of an elderly or sick family member. A traumatic event, such as a natural disaster, theft, rape, or violence against you or a loved one. It may lead to chronic disease if not
properly handled.
Emotional Factors Of Stress
refers to mental and behavioral efforts that we use to deal with problems relating to stress,
Coping
In this approach, people tend to run away from the stress by denying
the presence of stress and by taking steps away from the causes of stress or stressor.
Avoidance Approach
In this approach, you acknowledge and accept the fact that stress is real,
and that stress has good and bad effects on a person.
Acceptance-action
is situated in the uppermost part of the brain. the largest part of the brain
and on its outermost surface area is called the cerebral cortex.
Cerebrum
is connected to all major parts of the brain including the cerebral cortex. The thalamus
receives information, organizes and then sends information to the cerebrum.
Thalamus
is located below the thalamus and above the brainstem which links the nervous system
with the endocrine system that regulates the digestive processes and is also responsible for growth and development.
Hypothalamus
composes parts of the cerebral cortex and hypothalamus, that regulate various
types of emotions that affect blood temperature and blood pressure facilitated by the hypothalamus like eating behavior.
The Limbic System
is located below the cerebrum at the back of the head. The cerebellum functions directly
with the cerebrum to receive information from the sensory system and the spinal cord to regulate balance, postures, and coordinate movement like riding a bike and walking upright.
Cerebellum
