Stress Adaptation Case Study
Chapter One: The Concept of Stress Adaptation
1. How are the body’s physiological defenses affected when under sustained stress? Why?
While under sustained stress the body’s physiological defenses are affected in many ways. For example, the hypothalamus responds to sustained stress by stimulating the pituitary gland to release a number of different hormones such as adrenocorticotropic hormone, vasopressin, growth hormone, thyrotropic hormone, and gonadotropins. As a result of the release of these hormones, the body responds by an increase in the following: blood pressure, fluid and sodium retention, gluconeogenesis, and basal metabolic rate. On the other hand, these hormones also cause a decrease in the following: immune response, inflammatory …show more content…
In the view of stress as an environmental event, what aspects are missing when considering an individual’s response to a stressful situation?
One aspect that is missing is an individual’s view of the specific event due to the fact that people react to life events in a variety of ways depending on how stressful the individual perceives that life event. Another aspect that is missing, is the person’s coping mechanisms or strategies and the support system that is available to him/her when the specific event takes place.
3. In their study, what event did Miller and Rahe find produced the highest level of stress reaction in their …show more content…
When this occurs the observer may label that behavior as a mental illness. Furthermore, the concept of cultural relativity refers to how observers label behavior as either normal or abnormal based on their own understandings of what is considered culturally normal to themselves and within their society.
2. Describe some symptoms of panic anxiety.
Some symptoms of panic anxiety are the inability to focus, a loss of contact with reality, hallucinations, desperate actions, ineffective communication with others, feelings of terror, misperceptions, and extreme withdrawal.
3. Jane was involved in an automobile accident in which both her parents were killed. When you ask her about it, she says she has no memory of the accident. What ego defense mechanism is she using?
Jane is using the ego defense mechanism of repression.
4. In what stage of the grieving process is the individual with delayed or inhibited grief fixed?
A person with delayed or inhibited grief becomes fixed in the denial stage of grief.
Chapter Three: Theoretical Models of Personality
1. How are the body’s physiological defenses affected when under sustained stress? Why?
While under sustained stress the body’s physiological defenses are affected in many ways. For example, the hypothalamus responds to sustained stress by stimulating the pituitary gland to release a number of different hormones such as adrenocorticotropic hormone, vasopressin, growth hormone, thyrotropic hormone, and gonadotropins. As a result of the release of these hormones, the body responds by an increase in the following: blood pressure, fluid and sodium retention, gluconeogenesis, and basal metabolic rate. On the other hand, these hormones also cause a decrease in the following: immune response, inflammatory …show more content…
In the view of stress as an environmental event, what aspects are missing when considering an individual’s response to a stressful situation?
One aspect that is missing is an individual’s view of the specific event due to the fact that people react to life events in a variety of ways depending on how stressful the individual perceives that life event. Another aspect that is missing, is the person’s coping mechanisms or strategies and the support system that is available to him/her when the specific event takes place.
3. In their study, what event did Miller and Rahe find produced the highest level of stress reaction in their …show more content…
When this occurs the observer may label that behavior as a mental illness. Furthermore, the concept of cultural relativity refers to how observers label behavior as either normal or abnormal based on their own understandings of what is considered culturally normal to themselves and within their society.
2. Describe some symptoms of panic anxiety.
Some symptoms of panic anxiety are the inability to focus, a loss of contact with reality, hallucinations, desperate actions, ineffective communication with others, feelings of terror, misperceptions, and extreme withdrawal.
3. Jane was involved in an automobile accident in which both her parents were killed. When you ask her about it, she says she has no memory of the accident. What ego defense mechanism is she using?
Jane is using the ego defense mechanism of repression.
4. In what stage of the grieving process is the individual with delayed or inhibited grief fixed?
A person with delayed or inhibited grief becomes fixed in the denial stage of grief.
Chapter Three: Theoretical Models of Personality