HHP 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Tachycardia, Hypertension, Chronic Pain

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Health and Human Physiology
• Course: HHP 2500
• Professor: Allison Phillips

Document Summary

A neutral term: a process, a series of events (stressors) and reactions that highlight the unity of mind and body, can be: Stressor: a stimuli: desirable, or undesirable, acute or chronic, external or internal, each stressor requires energy for adaptation. Symptoms of acute or chronic stress: anger and/or irritability, anxiety, chronic pain. Forgetfulness: poor concentration, high blood pressure, muscle tension, nervousness. Speeding ticket: driving car through snow storm, competing in an athletic event, going on a date, parking (lack of) Inadequate financial resources: working full time while being a full time student, being a member of a varsity team while maintaining a high gpa. Living in a city that you cannot tolerate. Ways to measure stress: biochemical, physiological, psychological, behavioral, cognitive. Intra-individual differences: within self, time course of stress response (before, during, or after, psychological characteristics mediate, type a, trait and state anxiety, neuroticism, mood states. Which model makes the most sense to you: general adaptation syndrome (gas)