Stress and Health

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Stress	The response to a demanding situation (a stressor).
Psychological stress	Degree to which people have to change their lives in response to an external event - marriage, death.
Physiological stress	Physiological responses in the body caused by physical or psychological stress.
Allostasis	Body's ability to adapt to constantly changing environments to maintain homeostasis.
Tight allostatic system	One that moves from high to low levels of arousal flexibly.
Allostatic load	Chronically elevated state of arousal, which damages the body caused by chronic stressors.
Stress and performance	When motivated to perform well, the way your body responds can either improve or inhibit your performance.
Challenge	Personal resources > situational demands.
Threat	Personal resources < situational demands.
Extreme stress and memory	In response to extreme stressors, the body releases cortisol.
Perceived control	Belief that we can influence our environment in ways that determine whether we experience positive or negative outcomes.
Self efficacy	Belief that you can competently complete the actions necessary to deal with a demanding stressor.
Learned helplessness	The acquired sense that one can no longer control the environment - one gives up.
Stable attribution	Caused by factors that don't change with time.
Internal attribution	Caused by you.
Global attribution	Causes of one negative event apply to events.
Physiological thriving	Positive stress - acute stressors with complete relaxation between stressors.
Physiological toughening	Strong mobilization of bodily stress responses during a stressor coupled with rapid recovery after the stressor.
Exercise	Exercise improves mood and reduces stress. Must be 3x a week, 20 minutes of moderate intensity.
Left prefrontal cortex asymmetry	More positive emotion, high immune functioning. Monks had 7x more activity.

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