PSY 383 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Amygdala, Catecholamine

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The process of secondary appraisal involves the evaluation of one"s. According to selye (1956, 1976), the _____ phase of the general adaptation syndrome is responsible for the person becoming mobilized to meet the threat. Fails to offer general theory of reactions to a wide variety of stressors over time. Fails to offer physiological mechanism for the stress-illness relationship. Places too much emphasis on individual differences in response to stress. Fails to consider the role of psychological appraisal in stress. Of the four most important pathways by which stress affects health, the first one to occur is usually related to _____. Of the four most important pathways by which stress affects health, the last one to occur is usually related to _____. Activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (hpa) axis results in the secretion of. Research suggests that individual differences in reactivity to stress are related to individual differences in _____. Post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) has been associated with _____.