Psych Final Exam Study Guide-Part 4
STRESS (chapter 12)
1 What are Corticosteroids and what is their function? Stress hormone that activates the body and prepares us to respond to stressful circumstance
2 What is the Hassles Scale (Folkman & Lazarus)? With what outcomes is it associated? The Hassles Scale measures how stressful events, ranging from small annoyances to major daily pressures, impact our adjustment.
3 Who is Hans Selye? What is the General Adaptation Syndrome and what happens at each stage? What is the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis? Hans Selye is a Canadian physician who ignited the field of modern-day stress research. His genius was to recognize a connection between the stress response of animals, including stomach ulcers and increases in the size of the adrenal gland, which produces stress hormones. General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) stress response pattern proposed by Hans Selye that consists of 3 stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. Alarm: excitation of the autonomic nervous system, the discharge of the stress hormone adrenaline, and physical symptoms of anxiety, Resistance: adapts to the stressor and finds ways to cope with it, Exhaustion: our resistance may ultimately break down, causing our levels of activation to bottom out. The results can range from damage to an organ system, to depression and anxiety, to a breakdown in the immune system. Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA): the hypothalamus (H) and the pituitary gland (P) orchestrate the adrenals glands (A) release of another stress hormone, cortisol, which floods a person’s energy, while their hippocampus retrieves terrifying images
4 What is the Fight-or Flight response? Who first described this response? Physical and psychological reaction that mobilizes people and animals to either defend themselves (fight) or escape (flight) a threatening situation. First described by Walter Cannon in 1915
5 What is a Type A personality? What is a Type B personality? Which traits are associated with coronary
1 What are Corticosteroids and what is their function? Stress hormone that activates the body and prepares us to respond to stressful circumstance
2 What is the Hassles Scale (Folkman & Lazarus)? With what outcomes is it associated? The Hassles Scale measures how stressful events, ranging from small annoyances to major daily pressures, impact our adjustment.
3 Who is Hans Selye? What is the General Adaptation Syndrome and what happens at each stage? What is the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis? Hans Selye is a Canadian physician who ignited the field of modern-day stress research. His genius was to recognize a connection between the stress response of animals, including stomach ulcers and increases in the size of the adrenal gland, which produces stress hormones. General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) stress response pattern proposed by Hans Selye that consists of 3 stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. Alarm: excitation of the autonomic nervous system, the discharge of the stress hormone adrenaline, and physical symptoms of anxiety, Resistance: adapts to the stressor and finds ways to cope with it, Exhaustion: our resistance may ultimately break down, causing our levels of activation to bottom out. The results can range from damage to an organ system, to depression and anxiety, to a breakdown in the immune system. Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA): the hypothalamus (H) and the pituitary gland (P) orchestrate the adrenals glands (A) release of another stress hormone, cortisol, which floods a person’s energy, while their hippocampus retrieves terrifying images
4 What is the Fight-or Flight response? Who first described this response? Physical and psychological reaction that mobilizes people and animals to either defend themselves (fight) or escape (flight) a threatening situation. First described by Walter Cannon in 1915
5 What is a Type A personality? What is a Type B personality? Which traits are associated with coronary