Hepe Final Exam3

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stress

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the nonspecific response of the human organism to any demand palced upon it

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homeostasis

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the body's internal sense of balance

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hassels

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the most damaging kinds of stress are the things that seem minor; ex: getting stuck in traffic, waiting in long lines, or losing your keys

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eustress

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positive, desirable stress

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stressors

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the factors that calls the stress

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hostility

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an ongoing accumulation of anger and irritation

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corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF)

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something the body produces which initiates the sequence of stress hormones

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hardiness

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a set of beliefs about how we interact with the world that increase our ability to resist the ill effects of stress

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hardiness' three c's

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commitment, control, and challenge (see pg 269)q

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conflict

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the stress that resuts from two opposing and incompatible goals, demands, or needs

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4 kinds of demands which cause stress in the workplace

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role demands, taks demands, physical demands, and interpersonal demands

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fight-or-flight response

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primitive people who faced threats in their enviornment reacted with an inborn set of physiological changes that enabled them to either meet the threat directly or to flee to safety

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general adaption syndrom (GAS)

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the set of physiological reations that Selye named; what the body uses in an attempt to regain its normal balance

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alarm stage

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part of GAS; as soon as the body recognizes any kind of threat or stress

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resistance stage

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the body adapts to actually meet the perceived threat

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exhaustion stage

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many alarm stage events occur again as the body attempts to adjust to higher levels of stress

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post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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a serious physiological condition cause by stress which is so severe or so prolonged

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meditation

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while there are different meditation techniques, most focue on deep, rhythmic breathing that releases physical tension with each exhaled breath

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downshifting

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to make a proactive efort to simplify your life

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reframing

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changing the way you look at things so that you become more optimistic

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burnout

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a state of physical and mental exhaustion that most often occurs as a reslult of chronic or severe stress

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stress

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the perception of a threat to
the physical or psychological well-being and the perception that the individual responses are inadequate to cope with
it

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relaxation response

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a state of relaxed, passive attention to a repetitive or absorbing stimulus that
turns off the “inner dialogue,” thereby decreasing arousal of the sympathetic nervous system