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Stress as a Process (General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) (Alarm
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Stress as a Process
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Fight - Flight - Freeze
Fight, Flight Response
The automatic reaction of the sympathetic nervous system to stress that causes physiological change that prepares it to either confront, Fight, or escape the threat to safety, Flight
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Relaxation response
The counterpart of the fight-flight response, which calms your body by reversing the effects of the sympathetic nervous system, returning it to its normal level of function
Freeze Response
A response to a threat whereby we feel so helpless to deal with it that we become immobilised in its presence due to the activation of the parasympathetic nervous system overriding the sympathetic nervous system
Stress Hormones
Adrenalin
This hormone boosts the supply of oxygen and glucose to the brain and muscles, while suppressing other non-emergency bodily processes
Noradrenaline
Noradrenaline is the main neurotransmitter of the sympathetic nerves in the cardiovascular system
Cortisol
Prepares the body for a fight-or-flight response by flooding it with glucose, supplying an immediate energy source to large muscles.
Inhibits insulin production in an attempt to prevent glucose from being stored, favouring its immediate use
Terminology
Stress Types
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Eustress
A positive psychological response to a stressor, characterised by positive psychological states, that helps the body perform at an optimal level
Distress
A negative psychological response to a stressor characterised by negitive psychological states, that impede optimal performance
Acute stress
A state of brief but intense psychological arouse in response to a persistant stressor that negitively effects health and wellbeing
Chronic Stress
A state of prolonged physiological arousal in response to a persstant stressor that negitively effects health and wellbeing
Stress
A state of mental or physical tension that occurs when an individual must adjust or adapt to their environment but do not feel that they have the capacity to do so
Sources of stress
Daily Pressures
Frequently experienced stressors consisting of relatively minor events that require adjustment in behaviour
Life Events
Stressors that consist of significant but relatively rare events that require substantial adjustments in behaviour within a relatively small period of time
Acculturation
A process that involves a person changing their behaviour to adopt the cultural traits or social patterns of the dominant culture they have moved to #
Catastrophe
A sudden unpredictable, uncontrollable, intense event that causes large scale damage and suffering for a group
Acculturative stress
Stress caused by attempting to psychologically and socially adapt to the demends and values of a foreign culture
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD)
A pattern of symptoms following to a stressful life event that sets off clinically significan distress or imparement of human function
Stress Response
A set of physical and psychological responses that are automatically triggered as a result of the sympathetic nervous system activation following the perception of a threat
Psychological Process
Determants
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General outlook on life (for example, optimism versus pessimism)
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