EXSC 410 EXAM 1 STRESS MANAGEMENT
Cortisol and norepinephrine - Answer -Stage of resistance in general adaptation
syndrome - elevated levels of hormones
4 categories of stressors - Answer -psychointrapersonal (most of our stressors),
bioecological, physical, sociological
3 aspects of hardiness - Answer -commitment, challenge, control
Bioecological stressor example - Answer -changes in barometric pressure
Stages of general adaptation syndrome - Answer -alarm, resistance, exhaustion
Life-events theory - Answer -when a situation requires more resources than available
Walter Cannon - Answer -First to describe acute stress (fight-or-flight response) and
developed the concept of homeostasis
Homeostasis - Answer -the property of either an open system or a closed system that
regulates its internal environment so as to maintain a stable constant condition
Four features of homeostasis - Answer -1) constancy is an open system
2) steady-state conditions require that any tendency toward change automatically meets
with factors that resist change
3) regulating system that determines the homeostatic state consists of a number of
cooperating mechanisms
4) does not occur by chance
Fight-or-flight response - Answer -a primitive instinct that quickly increases heart rate,
respiration, blood pressure and serum cholesterol
Eustress
Distress - Answer -good stress
bad stress
Allostasis - Answer -the purpose of biological systems is to meet demand in a changing
environment
Stress - Answer -the inability to cope with a perceived threat to one's mental, physical,
emotional and spiritual well-being which results in a series of physiological responses
and adaptations
Stress reactivity - Answer -synonymous with the fight-or-flight response
, Aspects of wellness - Answer -physical, intellectual, spiritual, social and emotional
Two systems that communicate the stress response through your body - Answer -
Nervous system, and endocrine system (hormones)
Reptilian complex - Answer -controls creating, core temperature, heart rate blood pH
Emotional brain - Answer -behavioral and psychological resolution to all of the
emotions and specifically mediates the social emotions
Neocortex - Answer -highest level of thinking, problem solving, language etc.
Thalamus - Answer -processing information going to and from the spinal cord, arousal,
regulating sleep
Hypothalamus - Answer -responsible for maintaining homeostasis -- attached is the
pituitary gland
Amygdala - Answer -primitive emotions such as anger and fear, sexual responses
Hippocampus - Answer -Converting short-term memory into long-term memory
Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) - Answer -Important for reward, motivation, cognition,
drug abuse, orgasm and emotions related to love
Nucleus Accumbens - Answer -motivation, pleasure and reward, helps mediate
dopamine release
Neocortex - Answer -measures executive function and your ability to block out
distractions
Peripheral nervous systems - sympathetic and parasympathetic - Answer -the stress
response (fight-or-flight) is governed by the sympathetic arm (increasing arousal and
energy expenditure) and the relaxation response is from the parasympathetic arm
Increased sympathetic tone - Answer -- bronchial dilation to increase gas exchange in
the lungs
- increased heart rate
- increased skeletal muscle tone
- promotion of the release of epinephrine and norepinephrine from the adrenal gland
- increased release of glucose from the liver
Parasympathetic stimulation - Answer -- energy conversation, digestion and
reproduction, bronchial constriction, increased GI function, dilation of blood vessels,
slowed heart rate
Cortisol and norepinephrine - Answer -Stage of resistance in general adaptation
syndrome - elevated levels of hormones
4 categories of stressors - Answer -psychointrapersonal (most of our stressors),
bioecological, physical, sociological
3 aspects of hardiness - Answer -commitment, challenge, control
Bioecological stressor example - Answer -changes in barometric pressure
Stages of general adaptation syndrome - Answer -alarm, resistance, exhaustion
Life-events theory - Answer -when a situation requires more resources than available
Walter Cannon - Answer -First to describe acute stress (fight-or-flight response) and
developed the concept of homeostasis
Homeostasis - Answer -the property of either an open system or a closed system that
regulates its internal environment so as to maintain a stable constant condition
Four features of homeostasis - Answer -1) constancy is an open system
2) steady-state conditions require that any tendency toward change automatically meets
with factors that resist change
3) regulating system that determines the homeostatic state consists of a number of
cooperating mechanisms
4) does not occur by chance
Fight-or-flight response - Answer -a primitive instinct that quickly increases heart rate,
respiration, blood pressure and serum cholesterol
Eustress
Distress - Answer -good stress
bad stress
Allostasis - Answer -the purpose of biological systems is to meet demand in a changing
environment
Stress - Answer -the inability to cope with a perceived threat to one's mental, physical,
emotional and spiritual well-being which results in a series of physiological responses
and adaptations
Stress reactivity - Answer -synonymous with the fight-or-flight response
, Aspects of wellness - Answer -physical, intellectual, spiritual, social and emotional
Two systems that communicate the stress response through your body - Answer -
Nervous system, and endocrine system (hormones)
Reptilian complex - Answer -controls creating, core temperature, heart rate blood pH
Emotional brain - Answer -behavioral and psychological resolution to all of the
emotions and specifically mediates the social emotions
Neocortex - Answer -highest level of thinking, problem solving, language etc.
Thalamus - Answer -processing information going to and from the spinal cord, arousal,
regulating sleep
Hypothalamus - Answer -responsible for maintaining homeostasis -- attached is the
pituitary gland
Amygdala - Answer -primitive emotions such as anger and fear, sexual responses
Hippocampus - Answer -Converting short-term memory into long-term memory
Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) - Answer -Important for reward, motivation, cognition,
drug abuse, orgasm and emotions related to love
Nucleus Accumbens - Answer -motivation, pleasure and reward, helps mediate
dopamine release
Neocortex - Answer -measures executive function and your ability to block out
distractions
Peripheral nervous systems - sympathetic and parasympathetic - Answer -the stress
response (fight-or-flight) is governed by the sympathetic arm (increasing arousal and
energy expenditure) and the relaxation response is from the parasympathetic arm
Increased sympathetic tone - Answer -- bronchial dilation to increase gas exchange in
the lungs
- increased heart rate
- increased skeletal muscle tone
- promotion of the release of epinephrine and norepinephrine from the adrenal gland
- increased release of glucose from the liver
Parasympathetic stimulation - Answer -- energy conversation, digestion and
reproduction, bronchial constriction, increased GI function, dilation of blood vessels,
slowed heart rate
