Psychology 2036A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Adrenal Medulla, Somatic Nervous System, Qigong
31 Oct 2018
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Opening story employed a three-category definition of stress: Opening story: sarah considerable stress decreased rather than decreased response family members. 2 number of unforeseen challenges that occur over time (i. e. death of a spouse) Elliot and eisdorfer (1982) identify five distinct stress categories: public speaking or mental math; short duration, ranging from approx. five to 100 minutes: 1. Acute time-limited stressors describes manipulated or staged events such as: 2. brief naturalistic stressors short-term, real-life events (i. e. academic exams, 3. stressful event sequences major man-made or natural disaster that present a, 4. Chronic ongoing stress (i. e. a diagnosis of alzheimer"s(cid:524: 5. The adrenal glands have 2 components adrenal glands. Working with the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, they form the hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenocortical system (hpac), a system responsible for restoring the body to its baseline steady state. The adrenal cortex also releases the hormone known as glucocorticoids, which high. Selve"s general adaptation syndrome (cid:523)gad(cid:524: alarm system pressure or body temperature.
