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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the physical responses to stress?

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

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

    <p>Stressor</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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a potential consequence of prolonged elevated cortisol levels?

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

    What is the primary consequence of dysfunctional homeostatic control systems?

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

    What is a potential effect of stress on healing?

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

    What is the relationship between stress and disease?

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

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