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Stress Management Paper – Spring 2017
Due date: May 10
By filling in the following table, show me that you have a very good grasp of the effects of stress on the body
and how we can manage our stress.A list of the relaxing techniques we used in class follows, to remind you
what they were. All answers must come from the study packets or our class discussions, not from another
course, Facebook, your Uncle Joey or the internet. Do not print out the grading rubric and hand it in.
Stress Management Paper
1
What does the sympathetic nervous
Cortisol influences the body to release glucose which then
system do to prepare the body for fight or
helps with the energy required, while epinephrine is a
flight when you are suddenly stressed?
hormone released into the blood where one gains strength to
(What doescortisol do and what does
handle the issue at hand.
epinephrine do; name at least 4processes
Stimulated processes – heart and breathing rates increase,
that are stimulated and 2 that are
sensitivity in hearing, vision made sharper (tunnel vision),
suppressed, and explain why that
blood is directed to the muscles.
happens)
Suppressed processes – tear production and salivation,
digestion comes to a halt. All these processes take place so
as to allow the body prepare and be ready for the enemy
approaching or in dealing with a stressful issue.
2
Compare chronic stress and situational or
Chronic stress may cause long-term health issues and may
transient stress. Explain the effects of
be as a result of not having solutions to problems with
each on the body. (symptoms we may
effects such as hypertension and diabetes, situational stress
experience for each; which one leads to
is short term and comes to an end with solutions, with effects
the GAS – explain that term - and which
such as headaches and stomach aches. General adaptation
one allows the body to return to
syndrome (chronic stress) and consists of patterned
homeostasis – explain that term)
responses to stress & homeostasis (situational stress) –
physiological functions are in a state of balance and
consistency.
3
Define eustress and distress.
Eustress is stress that comes about in the presence of a
pleasant stressor while distress comes about in the presence
of an unpleasant stressor.
4
5
List at least 5 effective and 3 ineffective
Effective – application of relaxation techniques, setting
coping strategies that are discussed in the
realistic goals, time management, regular exercise, sleep.
study questions. Why are the ineffective
Ineffective – dealing in drugs, being in denial, making
ones not helpful in the long run?(I am
complaints to the w...