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EXSC 221 The Science of Wellness Final Questions with Complete Solutions

Stress that is exhilarating and personally fulfilling is called ________. - eustress The fight-or-flight response is the term given to the response of the division of the autonomic nervous system called the______. - sympathetic nervous system Cortisol, the main glucocorticoid in the body, is known as the - stress hormone The allostatic load is a fairly recent discovery that describes how chronic stress ________. - Can damage the individual A depressed mood, sickness, and stress all s...

Remember - 80% of disease is contributed to lifestyle factors What is considered the second brain? - Enteric Nervous system (??) Materialism - I am only my body Immaterialsim - I am only my mind Holism - I am my mind and my body Wellness - A state of being that maximizes quality of life. Internal harmony, optimial energy and aliveness. Complete physical, mental, and socail well being Remember - Physical, mental, social, and emotional are dimensions of the whole person, while "wellness...

What are the 3 health related problems due to STRESS? - Answer-Hypertension Depression Immune Deficiency Hypertension - Answer-abnormally high blood pressure immune deficiency - Answer-partial or complete inability of the immune system to respond to pathogens What type of stress do 3/4 of workers have? - Answer-On the job stress What is neural loop functioning? - Answer-The connection between stress and your immune system. What effects do stress hormones have on the body? - Answer-Everyth...

Thoughts and feelings affect how the cells function according to? a. biology b. chemistry c. neurology d. psychoneuroimmunolgoy e. psychology - ️️Psychoneuroimmunology Immateralism claims that the reality of human life is a. not matter b. none of these c. the mind and the body d. agnostic e. only the body - ️️Not matter Materalism claims that the reality of human life is a. the body, mind and spirit b. agnositc c. only the body d. the mind and the body e. not matte...

Remember health-related problems due to stress - hypertension, depression, immune deficiency, autoimmune disease Know the statistics of stress found in the workplace in textbook - ¾ of employees reported that workers have more on-the-job stress than workers did a generation ago. Over 30% report they are very stressed due to their work and 26% said they are very "burned out" by their work. Understand neural loop functioning - Occurs as we try to deal with infection and also is the same n...

Stress that is exhilarating and personally fulfilling is called - eustress The fight-or-flight response is the term given to the response of the division of the autonomic nervous system called the - sympathetic nervous system Cortisol, the main glucocorticoid in the body, is known as the - stress hormone The allostatic load is a fairly recent discovery that describes how chronic stress - can damage the individual A depressed mood, sickness, and stress all share the same - neural loop The ...

Stress that is exhilarating and personally fulfilling is called - ️️eustress The "fight or flight" response is the term given to the response of the division of the autonomic nervous system called the - ️️sympathetic nervous system Cortisol, the main glucocorticoid in the body, is known as the - ️️stress hormone The allostatic load is a fairly recent discovery that shows that chronic stress - ️️can damage the individual. A depressed mood, sickness, and stress all sh...