1. Stress Review

2. Defense Mechanisms - repression - displacement - projection
- reaction formation
- withdrawal
- regression
- denial
- identification

3. Biofeedback Information about bodily state that tells us how
much stress we are experiencing.

4. _____homeostasis_____________
State of internal biological balance
Hormonal resting state

5. _Autonomic Nervous System__
Subsystem of the nervous system that is made up of the sympathetic and para-sympathetic nervous systems that react to and help us recover from stress.

6. Sympathetic Nervous System
Releases adrenaline (epinephrine)
Dilates pupils
Increase heart rate
Decrease digestion
arousal

7. Parasympathetic Nervous System
Calming
Returns to homeostasis
Constricts pupils
Decrease heart rate
Increase digestion

8. ___epinephrine (adrenaline)__
Major stress hormone that prepares the body for the fight or flight response.
Stimulate the elevation of heart rate, dilation of pupils and bronchi, suppresses digestion.

9. ____cortisol________________
Stress hormone involved in the mobilization of energy.
Recovery of tissue damage.
Over exposure to this hormone can lead to suppression of the immune system.

10. Types of Stress
- frustration
- conflict
- change
- pressure

11. Types of Conflict - approach - approach - avoidance - avoidance

12. _____ approach - approach ____
Type of conflict when a decision must be made between two desirable choices.

13. ___ avoidance - avoidance ____
Type of conflict when a decision must be made between two undesirable choices.

14. __ approach - avoidance _____
Type of conflict when a decision is influenced by both desirable and undesirable aspects of a choice.

15. Type A personality - competitive, impatient, multi-tasker,
hostile (easily angered)
- personality characteristics affect health
- hostility is best predictor of risk of heart
disease.

16. Type D personality - depressed or distressed
- negative affectivity, social inhibition
Higher risk of heart disease

17. 3 factors that influence the degree of stress we experience
- control
- predictability
- challenge vs threat

18. 3 most effective ways to cope with stress supported by research
- active coping
- planning
- positive reinterpretation and growth
exercise

19. __Yerkes – Dodson Law_____
States that there is an optimal level of arousal for performance.
Moderate arousal is best for most tasks.
Low arousal is better for difficult tasks.
High arousal is better for easy tasks.

20. General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
Described by Hans Seyle
He observed these stages in rats’ reaction to _stress___.
Comprised of 3 stages
- alarm
- resistance
- exhaustion

21. Fini