Psychology Chapter 3: Stress Definitions

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What is the primary characteristic of contemporary stress?

  • More psychologically driven (correct)
  • Physically driven
  • Acute in nature
  • Always triggered by external stressors

What determines the stress response?

  • Only the nature of the stressor
  • Both the nature of the stressor and the state of the person being stressed (correct)
  • Only the state of the person being stressed
  • Neither the nature of the stressor nor the state of the person being stressed

What is the term for 'good' stress?

  • Distress
  • Stressor
  • Eustress (correct)
  • General Adaptation Syndrome

What is the name of the wide-ranging set of bodily changes triggered by a stressor?

<p>General Adaptation Syndrome (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the physical responses to stress?

<p>Increased fluid retention (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for any stimulus that produces a stress response?

<p>Stressor (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of the SyNS in the 'Fight or Flight' response?

<p>To mobilize resources to relevant organs for immediate activity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary role of ACTH in the Resistance Stage?

<p>To stimulate the release of cortisol from the adrenal cortex (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential consequence of prolonged elevated cortisol levels?

<p>Muscle wasting and immune suppression (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary consequence of dysfunctional homeostatic control systems?

<p>Disease states and potentially death (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential effect of stress on healing?

<p>Poorer healing as you age (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between stress and disease?

<p>Stress can clearly predispose you to certain ailments (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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