Stress Chapter 3

Definition- Mental and physical response of our bodies to the changes and challenges of our lives.

Example- I have had alot of stress in my life since the I have began helping take care of my cousins children.

Definition- A physical, social, or psychological event or condition that causes the body to adjust to a specific situation.

Example- A large stressor in my life was the decision to return to college.

Definition- The attempt to cope with a given situation.

Example- College took quite an adjustment for me but after a few weeks I developed a routine.

Definition- The wear and tear the body and mind sustain in adjusting to or resisting a stressor.

Example- Within my life there has be allot of strain on my body due to my love of baseball.

Definition- Positive stress that presents opportunities for personal growth.

Example- I had an eustress stress when I went to CNM for the first time.

Definition- Negative stress that can have a negative effect on health.

Example- The distress I have been experiencing at home is having an effect on my health.

Definition- Physiological reaction in which the body prepares to combat or escape a real or perceived threat.

Example- My mothers cat believes that children are a threat to her and responds by fight-or-flight.

Definition- A balanced physical state in which all the body's system function smoothly.

Example- While at home in my room I experience homeostasis and function to my full extent.

Definition- Form of adjustment in which the body attempts to restore homeostasis.

Example- When I am stressed or experiencing a crisis' and I am trying to calm down my body is having an adaptive response.

Definition- The pattern followed in the physiological response to stress, consisting of the alarm, resistance, and exhaustion phases.

Example- When my body is experiencing the different steps of "stress' fight-or-flight' overload" (GAS) is the fight within my body internally to restore the total balance also known as homeostasis.

Definition- The portion of the central nervous system that regulates bodily functions that a person does not normally consciously control.

Example- My friend injured his autonomic nervous system causing him to not be able to control his walking in a car accident.

Definition- Branch of the autonomic nervous system responsible for stress arousal.

Example- My sympathetic nervous system be came aroused when I realized finals are next week.

Definition- Part of the autonomic nervous system responsible for slowing systems stimulated by the stress response.

Example- I wish my parasympathetic nervous system would slow my stress response even further during finals week.

Definition- A section of the brain that controls the sympathetic nervous system and directs the response.

Example- Someone who can't be sympathetic to others may be concerned they do not have a hypothalamus.

Definition- Also called adrenaline, a hormone that stimulates body systems in response to stress.

Example- During my baseball game the epinephrine released acts like fuel giving me the energy to play the entire game to the best of my ability.