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Stress
Human Needs- Test 1
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| eustress | good stress Ex. new job or new baby |
| Selye | coined term "distress/eustress" |
| Response Theory | Selye's theory: positive or negative demands |
| Stimulus Theory | what causes the response? |
| Transaction Theory | environment "interaction theory"- assess situation and effectively cope. |
| GAS | Selye's theory: Alarm Reaction, Stages of resistance, and Stage of Exhaustion |
| Alarm Reaction | temp. decr. ind. resistance- ex: causing an illness, may result in disease or death, SNS "Fight or Flight" |
| Stage of Resistance | varies with coping abilities ( excercise, meditate) This shows the fewest signs and symptoms |
| Stage of Exhaustion | some reacurring symptoms may occurr, This occurs when all energy for adaptation has been expanded. |
| Fight or Flight Response | incr. bp and sweating, incr. heart / resp. rate, decr. GI motility, pupil dialation |