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."