Glencoe Health Lesson 1 Understanding Stress

Stress can affect you in both positive and negative ways. LESSON 1 Understanding Stress Stress can affect you in both positive and negative ways. BIG IDEA New Vocabulary stress stressor perception psychosomatic response Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

LESSON 1 Understanding Stress What is Stress? Main Idea How you think about a challenge determines whether you will experience positive or negative stress. Feeling stress is a natural part of life. Stress is the reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands. Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

LESSON 1 Understanding Stress What is Stress? How much the stress of an event affects you, however, depends in part on your perception of it. New Vocabulary perception The act of becoming aware through the senses. Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

Positive stress can motivate you and inspire you to work harder. LESSON 1 Understanding Stress Reacting to Stress Stress can have both a positive and a negative effect. Positive stress can motivate you and inspire you to work harder. Negative stress can cause you to feel distracted, overwhelmed, impatient, frustrated, or even angry. It can harm your health. Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

Causes of Stress Stressors vary among individuals and groups. LESSON 1 Understanding Stress Causes of Stress Main Idea Stressors vary among individuals and groups. People, objects, places, events, and situations are all potential stressors. Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

LESSON 1 Understanding Stress Causes of Stress The effect of a stressor depends on your experiences and perceptions. New Vocabulary stressor Anything that causes stress. Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

Causes of Stress LESSON 1 Understanding Stress Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

Your Body’s Response to Stressors LESSON 1 Understanding Stress Your Body’s Response to Stressors Main Idea Stressors activate the nervous system and specific hormones. When you perceive something to be dangerous, difficult, or painful, your body automatically begins a stress response. Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

Your Body’s Response to Stressors LESSON 1 Understanding Stress Your Body’s Response to Stressors Your mind and body go on high alert. This “fight-or-flight” response prepares you to defend yourself or to flee from a threat. Alarm If exposure to a stressor continues, our body adapts and reacts to the stressor. This stage lasts for a brief period. Resistance If exposure to stress is prolonged, you begin to tire and lose the ability to manage other stressors effectively. Fatigue Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

Your Body’s Response to Stressors LESSON 1 Understanding Stress Your Body’s Response to Stressors Alarm begins when the hypothalamus, a small area at the base of the brain, receives danger signals from other parts of the brain. The hypothalamus releases a hormone that acts on the pituitary gland. Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

Your Body’s Response to Stressors LESSON 1 Understanding Stress Your Body’s Response to Stressors The pituitary gland secretes a hormone that stimulates the adrenal glands. The adrenal glands secrete adrenaline. Adrenaline is the “emergency hormone” that prepares the body to respond to a stressor . Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

Your Body’s Response to Stressors LESSON 1 Understanding Stress Your Body’s Response to Stressors Physical symptoms of a stress response include: Dilated pupils Increase in perspiration Faster heart rate and pulse Rise in blood pressure Faster respiration rate Narrowing of arteries to internal organs and skin Increased blood flow to muscles and brain Increase in muscle tension Release of blood sugar, fats, and cholesterol Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

LESSON 1 Understanding Stress Stress and Your Health Main Idea Ongoing stress affects all aspects of your health. The physical changes that take place in your body during the stress response can take a toll on your body. Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

LESSON 1 Understanding Stress Stress and Your Health Prolonged stress can lead to a psychosomatic response. New Vocabulary psychosomatic response A physical reaction that results from stress rather than from an injury or illness. Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

Stress and Your Health Physical Effects of Stress Headache LESSON 1 Understanding Stress Stress and Your Health Physical Effects of Stress Headache A weakened immune system High blood pressure Bruxism, clenching the jaw or grinding the teeth Digestive disorders Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

Mental/Emotional and Social Difficulty concentrating LESSON 1 Understanding Stress Stress and Your Health Mental/Emotional and Social Effects of Stress Difficulty concentrating Irritability Mood swings Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

After You Read 1. Define the word perception. LESSON 1 Review Understanding Stress After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary 1. Define the word perception. The act of becoming aware through the senses. Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

After You Read What are three cognitive stressors for teens? LESSON 1 Review Understanding Stress After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary What are three cognitive stressors for teens? Poor self-esteem, personal appearance, not fitting in. Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

LESSON 1 Review Understanding Stress After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary Identify the two body systems involved in the stress response. Nervous and endocrine systems. Glencoe Health Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson Home

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