Applied Psych Vocab

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describes the dynamics involved in the body's physiological arousal to survive a threat.

Back 1

Fight or Flight Response

Front 2

The body's reaction to acute stress

Back 2

Stress Reaction

Front 3

Stimuli from one or more of the 5 senses are sent to the brain (scream, smell of fire, taste of poison)

Back 3

Stage 1

Front 4

The brian 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. If however the response is decoded as a real threat the brain then activates the nervous and endocrine systems to quickly prepare for defense and or escape.

Back 4

Stage 2

Front 5

the body stays activated, aroused or "keyedup" until the threat is over.

Back 5

Stage 3

Front 6

The body returns to homeostasis, a state of physiological calmness, one the threat is gone.

Back 6

Stage 4

Front 7

A theory presented by shelly taylor that states that women who experience stress don't necessarily run or flight, but rather turn to friends to cope with unpleasant events and circumstances

Back 7

Tend and Befriend

Front 8

Good stress that arises in any situation or circumstance that a person finds motivating

Back 8

Eustress

Front 9

stress that describes sensory stimuli that have no consequential effect; that is considered neither good nor bad

Back 9

Neustress

Front 10

Bad stress, often abbreviated simply as stress

Back 10

Distress

Front 11

type of distress stress that surfaces and is quite intense, disappears quickly

Back 11

Acute Stress

Front 12

type of distress that does not appear so intense yet seems to linger for prolonged periods of time

Back 12

Chronic Stress

Front 13

The theory that some stress is necessary for health and performance but that beyond an optimal amount both will deteriorate as distress increases

Back 13

Yerkes-Dodson Principle

Front 14

situations, circumstances or any stimulus that is perceived to be a threat

Back 14

stressor

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