Stress and Health

Question 1

Stress

Answer 1

A type of response that involves an unpleasant state

Question 2

When we experience stress

Answer 2

Uncertainty
Lack of control
Concern others will evaluate/treat us negatively

Question 3

Biopsychosocial model

Answer 3

Biology
–Physical health
–genetics
–drug effect
Social
–Peers
–Family circumstances
–Family relationships
Psychological
–Physical health
–Coping skills
–Social skills
–Family relationships
–self-esteem
–Mental health

Question 4

Distress

Answer 4

Negative events

Question 5

Eustress

Answer 5

Positive events

Question 6

Stimulus theory

Answer 6

Change is stressful

Question 7

Daily Hassles

Answer 7

Mundane strains and annoyances associated with routine activates in everyday life
–Their health is bad

Question 8

Alarm phase

Answer 8

The body mobilizes sympathetic nervous system to meet a threat

Question 9

Resistance phase

Answer 9

The body attempts to resist/cope with stressor that can’t be avoided

Question 10

Exhaustion phase

Answer 10

Persistent stress deletes the body of energy, increasing physical problems

Question 11

SAM axis

Answer 11

Pupils dilate
Heart rate increases
Digestion goes down
Muscle tense
Respiration quickens
Perspiration begins

Question 12

Challenge Reactivity

Answer 12

Heart rate increases
Blood vessels expand
Enhanced performance

Question 13

Threat Reactivity

Answer 13

Inhibited performance
Blood vessels constrict

Question 14

Allostatic load

Answer 14

The activation of many physiological system in response to frequent stressors

Question 15

Cortisol

Answer 15

Suppresses immune system effectiveness
–Reduces white blood cell count
–Lack of control over inflammation response

Question 16

Stress immune system

Answer 16

Chronic stress is pro-inflammatory
CRH increases inflammation but Cortisol is no longer Anti-flammatory
With no breaks from stress drives up inflammation and weakens immunity

Question 17

Hypertension

Answer 17

heart pumping harder
blood may not flow easily

Question 18

personality and stress

Answer 18

Type A personality types are prone to more stress because they’re more hostile.

Question 19

Stress + the mind

Answer 19

feeling in control makes you less stress

Question 20

optimism

Answer 20

unrealistic optimism and realistic optimism

Question 21

women and stress

Answer 21

tend and befriend
oxytocin

Question 22

psychoneuroimmunology

Answer 22

stress disrupts the communication between the brain and body which weakens the immune system
stress causes damage at the cellular level
–effect on telomeres

Question 23

gene x environment interaction

Answer 23

diathesis stress model
dif. sensitivites hypothesis
epigenetics

Question 24

problem focused coping

Answer 24

fixing the threat

Question 25

emotion focused coping

Answer 25

reducing neg emotions

Question 26

diathesis stress model

Answer 26

diathesis --inherited predesposition to develope the disorder stress --childhood trauma developement of the disorder --psycholoical disorder