Stress Managment Test 1
The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009 made college students
have restrictions until they are 21
The most significant stressors that college students usually experience relates to _____.
money
The preattack stage of a migraine headache is called a
prodrome
Things college students do to help relieve stress? Should not_______________. Stress can interfere with the learning process necessary for academic success.
take on added job responsibilities, have a baby, or break up old relationships
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) activates the _____ to secrete corticoid hormones.
adrenal cortex
Cortisol is secreted from the adrenal cortex and is responsible for:
an increase in blood glucose
Type A behavior patterns are..
associated with the development of coronary heart disease.
What are the two major components of the brain
cerebral cortex and subcortex
Most rapes occur when on the date during: the beginning, middle or end of the date?
end of the date
What is hypertension called with no known cause?
essential hypertension
What is the percentage of college students who have credit cards?
39%
Is stress dangerous to your life.
Yes, it can cause sever health problems
Somatogenic
a psychosomatic disease that results from the mind increasing the body's susceptibility to disease-causing microbes or natural degenerative processes
What is a stressor?
a stimulus with the potential for triggering the fight-or-flight responses. Anything that causes stress.
Subcortex
a term referring to all brain structures below the cerebral cortex
What would be a unique stressor that is most likely to occur for an older college student?
mixing career and school, handling a family and doubting their abilities to do well
Name the 7 dimensions of health
physical health, social health, mental health, emotional health, spiritual health, environment health, and occupational health
What is it called when the degree to which the seven dimensions of health are in balance
wellness
What is the difference between distress and eustress?
Distress is bad things to which one has to adapt and that can leaf to a stress reaction; Eustress is good things to which one has to adapt and that can lead to a stress reaction
How do men and women generally respond to stress different
Females exhibit a more nurting activities designed to protect themselves and others in coping. Men exhibit more of a fight-or-flight response
What are some things you should do to manage jealousy?
Find out what is making you jealous, put jealous feeling in proper perspective, and develop a "contract"
What is a concern that acts as a significant stressor among college students? More than 1
Grades and Finances
What can cause hypertension?
Increased risk in African Americans Heredity High salt intake excessive alcohol intake weight age prolonged or recurrent stress
The system that produces emotions, which is also known as the "seat of emotions," is called the: _
Limbic system
What are important tasks for the young college students? Name 3
Managing emotions establishing identity clarifying purpose
Should you try to eliminate all stress?
No, eustress is good for you
What is autogenic training?
Relaxation technique that involves a sensation of heaviness, warmth and tingling in the limbs.
What does the cerebral cortex do?
The upper part of the brain responsible for thinking functions
Feeling irritable or having outbursts of anger is a symptom of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that is most likely to be categorized as...
arousal
What is a great treatment and prevention of migraine headaches
changing your lifestyle
When you encounter a stressors, the sympathetic nervous system regulates the body to do what in your body?
expanding energy
What is acquaintance rape? Percentage of women raped this way?
forcible sexual intercourse between people who know each other;84%
Scenario of a student experiencing course overload. Also it is possible students learn ________ because of the overload.
less
What is the goal of stress management?
limit the harmful effects of stress while maintaining life's quality and vitality.
What is the treatment for tension headaches?
medication (aspirin), heat on tense muscles or massage
Hypothalamus
part of the diencephalon that activates the autonomic nervous system
Thalamas
part of the diencephalon that relays sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex.
What does the Cerebellum do
part of the sub cortex responsible for coordination
Diencephalon
part of the subcortex responsible for regulations of the emotions.
The common cold may be a function of...
psychological stress
Conditions that have a mind and a body component are called
psychosomatic
Pons
regulates breathing
Medulla Oblongata
regulates heartbeat, breathing, and other similar physiology processes
Those who have successfully managed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) attribute it to is (name 3).
reliving, avoidance and arousal
The more life changes you experience as you grow older the more___________ you will likely have
stress/disease/illness
What is progressive relaxation
A relaxation technique that involves contracting and relaxing muscle groups throughout the body
What is the body's stress reaction that includes an increase in heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, and serum cholesterol known as?
Flight-or-fight response
In order to have a healthy level of cholesterol in your blood, your HDLS should be____ (high or low) and your LDLs should be (high or low)
high;low
What characteristics describe a cancer-prone person
holding resentment, with the inability to forgive, using self-pity, lacking ability to develop and maintain meaningful interpersonal relationships and having poor self-image
What does the cerebrum do
largest part of the brain deals with sense, thinking, memory, and controlling movements (voluntary)
What are the names of the three phases of the general adaptation syndrome, in the order of occur?
Alarm, Stage of resistance and Stage of Exhastions
The system that controls such body processes as hormone balance, temperature, and width of blood vessels is called the: _
The Autonomic Nervous
What is bracing
The contraction of muscles for no obvious purpose
Hippocampus
The part of the brain that "sounds the alarm" that stress is present.
What is the autoimmune response?
a physiological response in which the body turns on itself
According to a survey of college students' health conducted by the American College Health Association in 2010, _____ percent of college students experienced more than average or tremendous levels of stress.
39%
Define psychogenic disease
A physical disease caused by emotional stress without a microorganism involved
Psychosomatic illnesses is not...
"all in the sufferer's mind."