PFW 105 Study Guide - Final Guide: Dietary Fiber, Passive Smoking, Gonorrhea

• School: Ball State University
• Department: Phycl Ed Fit/Wellness
• Course: PFW 105
• Professor: Cathy Primmer

Document Summary

The number of questions in parenthesis indicates how many questions are on the exam for each chapter. Chapter ten coping with stress (questions 8) 1 define the terms stress, stressor, and stress response. Stress: nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it . Stressor: factors causing stress (pleasant or unpleasant; real or imagined; physical or psychological/emotional) Stress response: psychological and physiological response to the stress. 1. 1: fight or flight response body"s preparation to cope with the stress. 1. 3: resistance stage body actively resists stress and attempts to cope w/ it; On-guard stage (this is exhausting for the body: exhaustion stage signs of fight or flight reappear; immunity and organ systems begin to break down; reached when the body cannot maintain the resistance stage any longer. 3 define and give examples of eustress, distress, optimal stress and chronic stress. 1 eustress: happy stress (holidays, marriage, baby, etc. ); health and performance improve as stress increases.