Managing Stress
Terms
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- physiological and psychological state of disruption caused by the presence of an unanticipated, disruptive, or stimulating event
- stress
- sequenced physiological responses to the presence of a stressor, involving the alarm, resistance, and exhaustion stages of the stress response
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general adaptaion syndrome
(GAS) - stress that diminshes the quality of life; commonly associated with disease, illness, and maladaptation
- distress
- stress that enhances the quality of life
- eustress
- physiological and psychological responses to positive and negative events that are disruptive, unexpected, or stimulatiing
- stress response
- physiological response to a stressor that prepares the body for confontation or avoidance
- fight or flight response
- refers to remaining at a high level of physiological arousal for an extended period of time
- chronic stress
- first stage of the stress response involving physiological, involuntary changes which are controlled by the hormonal and nervous system
- alarm stage
- second stage of the stress response during which the body attempts to reestablish its equilibrium or internal balance
- resistance stage
- third stage of the stress response and the point at which the physical and psychological resources used to deal with stress have been depleted
- exhaustion stage
- factors or events, real or imagined, that elicit a state of stress
- stressors
- a bell-shaped curve demonstrating that there is an optimal level of stress for peak performance
- Yerkes-Dodson Law
- a tendency to put off completing tasks until some later time, sometimes resulting in increased stress
- procrastination
- a tendency to expect perfection in everything one does, with little tolerance for mistakes
- perfectionism
- the internal, biological clock that helps coordinate physiological processes related to the 24-hour light/dark cycle
- circadian rhythms