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15 Cards in this Set
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A stressor is …
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any condition or event that causes a stress response.
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Three aspects that help frame an understanding of stress are …
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frequency, intensity and duration
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Stress is negative when …
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it exceeds our ability to cope, fatigues body systems and causes behevioral or physical problems.
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Stress can be positive when …
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it warns us that we aren't coping well and a lifestyle change is warranted in order to maintain optimum health.
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When the body tolerates stress and uses it to overcome lethargy or enhance performance, Hans Selye
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eustress
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Selye termed negative stress …
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distress
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Somewhere between eustress and distress is …
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a level of stress that promotes optimal performance.
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Stress may be thought of as a response that …
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links a stressor stimulus to any stress-related disease, symptom or dysfunction.
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What is mind-body disease?
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Any condition thought to be the result of excess emotional arousal, maladaptive coping, and chronic distress.
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Stress lowers the body's …
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resistance or immunity to disease.
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Name the ground-breaking neurophysiologist who believed that the subconscious is the body, and that body cells hold a memory pattern.
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Candice Pert (1999)
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Coping is…
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any attempt to neutralize stress arousal.
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Name some examples of incompetent coping mechanisms.
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conversion, denial, disassociation, minimizing, projection, repression, withdrawal from the world.
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A constant state of readiness to respond with the flight-or-fight response when such a response is unwarranted is called …
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emotional reactivity
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Which is more likely to cause ill health— the duration, intensity or frequency of the stress response?
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Duration
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