Biological Psychology Notes Sumaiya Bhimji 12L Stress Notes Biological Treatment Benzodiazepine Group of drug most commonly used to treat anxiety which slows down the activity of the central nervous system. GABA - Neurotransmitter that it is the body’s’ natural form of the anxiety relief. 40% of the neuron response to GABA & produce a quieting effect. This happen when GABA receptors react with the neuron on the outside of the receiving neuron. when GABA lock into the receptor it
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face. It involves the reaction of the sympathetic nerves where blood vessels are dilated to increase blood flow in our faces. This increases the amount of blood flowing on our faces‚ which is a key cause of pink and dark red. It is an involuntary process and hence an individual cannot control it; it must take place despite the effects. Blushing is a process that takes place the same way as the fight response‚ which is a common part of the sympathetic nervous system. When angry‚ the body releases adrenaline
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1a) 1b) Sedentary: < 45 ml/kg/min McArdle‚ W.D.‚ Katch‚ F. I.‚ & Katch‚ V. L. (2006) Untrained: 45 to 50 ml/kg/min McArdle‚ W.D.‚ Katch‚ F. I.‚ & Katch‚ V. L. (2006) Well-Trained: 50 to 60 ml/kg/min McArdle‚ W.D.‚ Katch‚ F. I.‚ & Katch‚ V. L. (2006) Highly Trained: 60-70 ml/kg/min McArdle‚ W.D.‚ Katch‚ F. I.‚ & Katch‚ V. L. (2006) Elite: > 70 ml/kg/min Lucia‚ A.‚ Hoyos‚ J.‚ Pérez‚M.
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stress What is Stress? Stress can be defined as negative concept (Mental symbol use in denoting classes of things) which possesses the potential to influence a person’s psychological and physical wellness (Wikipedia: 2012) Stress can also be described as normal but physical responses to conditions‚ events‚ occurrences‚ situations which try to deprive us of our balance in anyway. For example‚ when somebody senses danger whether real or imagined‚ the body mechanism of defences immediately kicks
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Stress is a person’s response to a stressor such as an environmental condition or a stimulus. Stress is a body’s way to react to a challenge. According to the stressful event‚ the body’s way to respond to stress is by sympathetic nervous system activation which results in the fight-or-flight response. Stress typically describes a negative condition or a positive condition that can have an impact on a person’s mental and physical well-being. Life can be stressful; sometimes you’ll have to deal
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the same sequence of responses to all stressors: cold‚ pain‚ and physical trauma. This response is adaptive because it enables the individual to cope under stress. 1. ALARM ‡ Prepares you to respond to environmental demands. The HPA system is activated: the sympathetic branch of the ANS is aroused and ACTH and adrenal hormones are released in readiness for fight or flight. 2. RESISTENCE ‡ If the stressor persists‚ the body adapts by returning to a normal level of functioning while coping with the
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1. How do your nervous and endocrine systems work together as a physical response to stress? The two systems prepare your body by sending chemical messages and actions of sympathetic nerves that cause the release of key hormones. What is the difference between stress and a stressor? A stressor is the situation that triggers physical and emotional reactions. Stress is the general physical and emotional state that accompanies the stress response. How does the fight or flight reaction (in today’s
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Stress and sleep quality estimation with the use of smart Wearable sensors 1 Harsha Puranik Harshpuranik44@gmail.com 1 2 S.S. Kataria nileshpatni@indiatimes.com Institute Of Knowledge College Of Engineering‚ Pune University of Pune 2 Amrutvahini College of Engineering‚ Sangamner University of Pune Abstract: The stress and poor sleep quality of a person may be used as two of several components for predicting the onset of mental health problems‚ in particular depression.
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about – was not part of the vocabulary some fifty years ago. In the 1930s the Hungarian scientist Hans Selye‚ the godfather of stress research‚ took an engineering concept and applied it to humans 1. Stress in general refers to force exerted on a system. In human terms however it would more correctly refer to circumstances that either threaten or are perceived to be threatening to a person’s wellbeing and consequently be taxing on their ability to cope with these circumstances 2. There is also
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‘strange invader’. The atmosphere of the poem is one of tension‚ fear‚ anxiety. “Everywhere the faces of men are strained and anxious.” This is because of the presence of soldiers: “all around the land brown beetles crawl about.” Even nature is sympathetic to the cause of the people as expressed in the line “red flowers bend their heads in awful sorrow.” The poet’s mood is one of lamentation for the misery of his people‚ the instability and sorrow brought about by the strange invader. Imagery:
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