HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Parasympathetic Nervous System, Sympathetic Nervous System, Autonomic Nervous System
16 Apr 2017
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An externally imposed factor that makes demands on the individual"s mind or body. Pressure- a feeling that you need to speed up or shifty the direction of your actions to meet a higher level of performance. Burn out- consistent feelings of overload, frustration, and disappointment causing physical and mental exhaustion. Conflict- situations in which two incompatible demands, needs, or goals must be faced and reconciled. Stressors: those physical, social, or mental demands/situations/events that evoke stress by forcing the individual to respond and adapt, stressors can be positive or negative . Clicker question: the general adaptation syndrome is a pattern of physiological and psychological response to stress consisting of. Characterized by surprise/anxiety arising from a stressor. The autonomic nervous system (ans) activates: part of cns, regulates body functions such as heart rate, respiration, glandular functions, comprised of the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system. Immediate reaction: hypothalamus stimulates adrenal glands to release epinephrine (aka adrenaline)
