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Stress, Coping & Cognition Flashcards

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Define stress

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  • a stimulus, response and state which leads to confusion and ambugity
  • disturbs the bodies equilibrium
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What are the common themes of this unit?

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  • homeostasis
  • stressors
  • crisis
  • adaptation
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What does the general adaptation system consist of

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  • alarm reaction
  • resistance stage
  • exhaustion stage
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4
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what is the alarm reaction?

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fight or flight

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what is the resistance stage?

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when the body begins to repair itself

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what is the exhaustion stage?

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organism starts to show health consquences

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define homeostasis

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return of system to a stable set point

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What is primary appraisal?

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identification

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9
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what is secondary appraisal?

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coping strategies

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10
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what are the 2 types of crises?

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developmental and situational

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what is a developmental crisis?

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mastering developmental task as an individual or family

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what is a situational crisis?

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  • natural disaster
  • end of an intimate relationship
  • loss of work
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13
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what are the 2 types of stress response systems?

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  • sympathetic-adrenal-medullary-system
  • hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
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14
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what can increase the risk of stress?

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  • mental illness
  • cardiovascular disease
  • insulin resistance
  • metabolic syndrome
  • autoimmune disease
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what are the different types of stress?

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Distress
- damaging stress
Eustress
- Stress that protects health
Chronic stress
Acute stress
Trauma
PTSD

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16
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What are the 2 stress-related disorders?

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  • Acute stress disorder
  • PTDS
17
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How long does acute stress last?

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up to 1 month after the event

18
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How long does PTSD last?

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longer than a month

19
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How can stress be manifested?

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  • Emotionally
  • Cognitively
  • Physically
  • Behaviourally
20
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What was Newman’s system model about?

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prevention strategies

21
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What was the health promotion model about?

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avoidance of negative events

22
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define situational factors

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  • job changes
  • illness
  • caregiver stress
23
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define maturational factors

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vary with life stages

24
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define sociocultural factors

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environmental and social stressors precieved by children, adolescence and adults

25
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examples of maladaptive coping

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  • drinking
  • gambling
  • avoidance
  • binge eating
  • mental escape
26
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examples adaptive coping

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  • yoga
  • exercise
  • using humour
  • problem solving

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