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Stress Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Stress | Anxious feeling resulting from our appraisal of the situation and our reaction |
| Stress reaction | The body’s observable response to a stressor that is |
| Fight vs flight | According to Walter Cannon, living creatures have two choices when facing an emergency |
| Uplifts | Small events that reduce stress, little things that make you feel good |
| Escapist Personality Style | Drugs and alcohol abuse, unemployment, delinquency, these are all behavioral reactions for people under stress. |
| Autonomy | Ability to take care of oneself and make one's own major life decisions, things you do on your own |
| Resynthesis | Combine old ideas with new ones to form your own identity that is |
| Visualization | Mental Retreat to a place of Tranquility to relieve stress, where you close your eyes |
| Acute | Short-term stress |
| Chronic | Long-term stress |
| Positive stress | Striving +challenges |
| Negative Stress | acute anxiety that takes a toll on the body |
| Anxiety | feeling of imminent but unclear threat |
| Comparable Worth | concept of equal pay for equal skill/ responsibility |