STRESS MANAGEMENT EXAM STUDY REVIE
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Definition of stress
(correct answers)The experience of a perceived threat (real or imagined) to one's mental, physical, or
spiritual well being, resulting from a series of physiological responses and adaptations.
Stress is...
(correct answers)-Stress is any change you encounter
-Stress is wear and tear on the body
-Stress is the inability to cope with problems
-Stress is the loss of emotional control
-Stress is the absence of inner peace
Acute stress
(correct answers)Stress that is intense in nature but short in duration. Example - getting pulled over by a
cop, stressful but short situation
Chronic stress
(correct answers)Stress that is not as intense as acute stress, but that lingers for a prolonged period of
time. Example - financial problems
Walter Cannon
(correct answers)Came up with the flight-or-fight response; the instinctive physiological response
preparing the body, when confronted with a threat to either fight or flee; an evolutionary survival
dynamic.
fight-or-flight stages
, (correct answers)1. stimuli from one or more of the 5 senses are sent to the brain (a scream, smell of
fire, the taste of poison, a passing truck in your lane)
2. the brain deciphers the stimulus as either a threat or a non threat. If the stimulus is not regarded as a
threat, this is the end of the response (the scream came from the t.v.) However, if the response is
decoded as a real threat, the brain activates the nervous and endocrine systems to quickly prepare for
defense and/or escape.
3. The body stays activated, aroused, or keyed up until the threat is over
4. The body returns to homeostasis, a state of physiological calmness, once the state is gone.
Stage 1 of fight-or-flight
(correct answers)1. stimuli from one or more of the 5 senses are sent to the brain (a scream, smell of
fire, the taste of poison, a passing truck in your lane)
Stage 2 of fight-or-flight
(correct answers)2. the brain deciphers the stimulus as either a threat or a non threat. If the stimulus is
not regarded as a threat, this is the end of the response (the scream came from the t.v.) However, if the
response is decoded as a real threat, the brain activates the nervous and endocrine systems to quickly
prepare for defense and/or escape.
Stage 3 of fight-or-flight
(correct answers)3. The body stays activated, aroused, or keyed up until the threat is over
Stage 4 of fight-or-flight
(correct answers)4. The body returns to homeostasis, a state of physiological calmness, once the state is
gone.
Hans Selye
(correct answers)Came up with the General Adaptation Syndrome, there are three distinct physiological
phases in reaction to chronic stress; 1. the alarm phase 2. the resistance phase 3. the exhaustion phase
DETAILED FOR SUCCESS LATEST 2022
Definition of stress
(correct answers)The experience of a perceived threat (real or imagined) to one's mental, physical, or
spiritual well being, resulting from a series of physiological responses and adaptations.
Stress is...
(correct answers)-Stress is any change you encounter
-Stress is wear and tear on the body
-Stress is the inability to cope with problems
-Stress is the loss of emotional control
-Stress is the absence of inner peace
Acute stress
(correct answers)Stress that is intense in nature but short in duration. Example - getting pulled over by a
cop, stressful but short situation
Chronic stress
(correct answers)Stress that is not as intense as acute stress, but that lingers for a prolonged period of
time. Example - financial problems
Walter Cannon
(correct answers)Came up with the flight-or-fight response; the instinctive physiological response
preparing the body, when confronted with a threat to either fight or flee; an evolutionary survival
dynamic.
fight-or-flight stages
, (correct answers)1. stimuli from one or more of the 5 senses are sent to the brain (a scream, smell of
fire, the taste of poison, a passing truck in your lane)
2. the brain deciphers the stimulus as either a threat or a non threat. If the stimulus is not regarded as a
threat, this is the end of the response (the scream came from the t.v.) However, if the response is
decoded as a real threat, the brain activates the nervous and endocrine systems to quickly prepare for
defense and/or escape.
3. The body stays activated, aroused, or keyed up until the threat is over
4. The body returns to homeostasis, a state of physiological calmness, once the state is gone.
Stage 1 of fight-or-flight
(correct answers)1. stimuli from one or more of the 5 senses are sent to the brain (a scream, smell of
fire, the taste of poison, a passing truck in your lane)
Stage 2 of fight-or-flight
(correct answers)2. the brain deciphers the stimulus as either a threat or a non threat. If the stimulus is
not regarded as a threat, this is the end of the response (the scream came from the t.v.) However, if the
response is decoded as a real threat, the brain activates the nervous and endocrine systems to quickly
prepare for defense and/or escape.
Stage 3 of fight-or-flight
(correct answers)3. The body stays activated, aroused, or keyed up until the threat is over
Stage 4 of fight-or-flight
(correct answers)4. The body returns to homeostasis, a state of physiological calmness, once the state is
gone.
Hans Selye
(correct answers)Came up with the General Adaptation Syndrome, there are three distinct physiological
phases in reaction to chronic stress; 1. the alarm phase 2. the resistance phase 3. the exhaustion phase
