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HED224 ch 3 terms

chapter 3 terms / definitions

TermDefinition
challange situations positive events that may involve major life transitions and may cause stress
distress stress resulting from unpleasant stressors
eustress stress resulting from pleasant stressors
harm-and-loss situations stressful events that include death, loss of property, injury, and illness
stress the sum of physical and emotional reactions to any stimulus that disturbs the harmony of body and mind
stressor any physical or psychological situation that produces stress
threat situations events that cause stress because of a perception that harm or loss may occur
flight-fight-freeze response a defensive reaction that prepares the organism for conflict or escape by triggering hormonal, cardiovascular, metabolic, and other changes
hypothalomo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis a coordinated physiological response to stress involving the hypothalamus of the brain and the pituitary and adrenal glands
general adaptation syndrome (GAS) a three-phase biological response to stress
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) physical and mental illnesses resulting from severe trauma
coping efforts to manage a stressful situation regardless of whether those effects are successful
emotion-focused coping appraising and accepting a stressful situation as not immediately changeable and adopting an attitude that lessens anxiety and brings comfort
problem-focused coping appraising a stressful situation as changeable and making and attempting a plan for changing something to improve things
overload the feeling that there are too many demands on one's time and energy from being confronted with too many challenges
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