Chapter 42 exam 6
Stress is? when the human system responds to change in its normal balanced state
Stressor is what? Something that is perceived as challenging
Physical stressors are? Drugs, heat, cold, nutritional imbalances, hypoxia
Psychosoical stressors are? From environment relationships
Adaption is? Change that takes place as a result to a stressor
Homeostasis is? A balance relative to constancy in the internal environment
Physiological homeostasis is? Is made up of two systems, Autonomic nervous system, and
endocrine system
Allostasis is? This process of achieving homeostasis through physiological or behavioral change
Allostatic load is the? Culmative negative effects on the body
Local adaption syndrome is (LAS)? Localized response to the body due to stress
Reflex pain response is? Rapid and automatic response to pain
Inflammatory response? A local response to injury or infection
General Adaption syndrome (GAS)is? Biochemical model of stress, the body general response to
stress
The 3 stages of GAS? Alarm stage, Stage of resistance, and Stage exhaustion
Alarm reaction consist of what? fight or flight response
Resistance
Psychosomatic disorders? A physiological response too chronic stress
Moderate anxiety? Narrows a person perceptual field to focus on immediate concerns
Severe anxiety is? All focused on the problem to relief
Panic is what? A person loses control and terror
Coping mechanism is? Behaviors used to decrease stress
Defense mechanism is? Protect a person’s self of esteem
Crisis is? A disturbance caused by a precipitating event
Developmental stress is? Stress with age
Situational stress is? Non predictable and can occur at any time
Sympathetic deal with what? Fight or flight and speeds up
Para sympathetic deals with what? It slows us down
Resistance part of GAS? is the body’s attempt to adapt to the stressor
Exhaustive stage? The person can longer resist the stressor the person loses the mental battle
Compensation: emphasizes strengths over weakness, covers up
Conversion: Unconsciously converting into non-organic symptom (loss of appetite, decreased
sleep, GI distress)
Denial: avoiding emotional conflicts by refusing to acknowledge anything that might cause
intolerable pain, ignores unacceptable realities
Displacement: transferring emotion and ideas, or wishes from a stressful situation to a less
anxiety producing substitute (kicking the TV)
Dissociation: “the essence of trauma. The overwhelming experience is split off and fragmented,
to that the emotions, sounds, images, thoughts, and physical sensationsr elated to the trauma take
on a life of their own” Van Der Kolk, p. 66. numbness, reduced awareness of surroundings
Identification/Introjection: pattern behavior after that of another person, imitation of one you fear
or respect
Projection: blame others or environment for unacceptable desires, thoughts, shortcomings, and
mistakes.
Rationalization: A person tries to give a logical or socially acceptable explanation for
questionable behavior, “behavior justification”
Reaction formation: A person develops conscious attitudes and behavior patterns that are
opposite to what he or she would really like to do
Regression: A person returns to an earlier method of behavior, bedwetting,
Repression: voluntarily excludes an anxiety-producing event from conscious awareness
Sublimation: substitutes a socially acceptable goal for one whose normal channel of expression
is blocked. Exchanges personal aggression to playing football
Undoing: uses an act of communication to negate a previous act or communication. Abusive
husband brings expensive gift the day after a beating
Distress is ?Damages stress
Eustress? Protectful stress