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Stressor - ANSWER: ➡ an event or situation that causes stress
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Eustress - ANSWER: ➡ A positive stress that energizes a person and helps a person reach a
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goal
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distress - ANSWER: ➡ negative stress
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Allostasis - ANSWER: ➡ process by which the body achieves stability through physiological
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change
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allostatic load - ANSWER: ➡ the long-term negative impact of the stress response on the
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body
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stress buffering hypothesis - ANSWER: ➡ the hypothesis that social support provides a
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buffer between a person and stressful events
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Sympathetic nervous system (function) - ANSWER: ➡ Sympathetic mobilizes the body for
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action in response to a stimulus or stressor. "Fight or flight" response, involves immediate
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physiological and delayed hormonal responses.
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parasympathetic nervous system (function) - ANSWER: ➡ Parasympathetic returns the
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body to baseline. Active under normal conditions.
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Compare and contrast the neuroendocrine and endocrine systems.
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Neuroendocrine system - ANSWER: ➡ Neuroendocrine system m m m mm m m
, - the nervous system interacts with other systems such as the endocrine system
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- The hypothalamus is the brain region that regulates the endocrine system
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- The nervous system uses neurotransmitters
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- consists of ductless glands throughout the body that release hormones
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- The pituitary gland - connected to the hypothalamus, is thought to be the 'master gland"
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that produces hormones to affect other glands, the effects of hormones have a slow onset
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and prolonged action
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List the components of the SAM and HPA axes and explain the role each axis plays in the
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stress response. - ANSWER: ➡ HPA Axis - hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal
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- The hypothalamus releases corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) that activates the
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pituitary
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- The pituitary gland releases adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) into the bloodstream
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- ACTH from the pituitary gland releases cortisol (stress hormone) - Increases energy -
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Decreases inflammation Use as an index of stress --Can be measured in saliva, urine, and hair
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Describe the sex differences seen in the stress response system. - ANSWER: ➡ Fight or flight
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is more representative of male than female responses
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- The female response is "tend and befriend"
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Females release oxycontin during stress m m m m
generalized adaptation syndrome - ANSWER: ➡ The body's generalized attempt to defend
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against a stressor
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3 stages in this response to stressors
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alarm stage: initial response to a stressor
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