01:830:340 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Biofeedback, Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Type A And Type B Personality Theory
1 Feb 2014
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Term found by hans selye who injected rats but the illness of the rats was not caused by the injection but the stress of getting injected. Resistance- mobilize coping mechanisms to respond to stress. Exhaustion- enter this stage is stress is too intense or lasts too long and the body will suffer from permanent damage. General adaption syndrome- reaction to sustained stress (selye) stages of alarm, resistance (coping), and exhaustion which may lead to death. Stress- physiological response of the body to a stressor which requires adaptation. Activates the sympathetic nervous symptom which prepares the body to fight or flight. Crf- secreted by the hypothalamus and stimulates the pituitary which activates the adrenal gland which secretes cortisol (stress h) Hippocampus is responsive to cortisol it turns off the hpa axis (negative feedback btwn the limbic system and hpa turns off the stress response)
