PSYCH 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Acute Stress Reaction, Sympathetic Nervous System, Autonomic Nervous System
20 Apr 2016
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The state of stress has two components: stressor event that creates demands, stress response person"s reactions to the demands. Influenced by how we judge both the event and our capacity to react to the even effectively. People who sense that they have the ability and resources to cope are more likely to take stressors in stride and respond well. When we view a stressor as threatening, the natural reaction is arousal and fear. Stress reactions, and the fear they produce, are often at play in psychological disorders. Stress and psychological disorders: acute stress disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd, the dsm-5 lists these as stress and trauma disorders. Stress and arousal: the fight or flight response. The features of arousal and fear are set in motion by the hypothalamus: two important systems are activated: An extensive network of nerve fibers that connect the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) to all the other organs of the body.
