4. Stress (PART 1)

What are stressors

what is stress reactivity

how do we measure stress in the body?

where is this hormone released from?

what does cortisol act as?

what else is the adrenal gland responsible for?

why do we study stress?

gives some examples of these changes

what did everson-rose's multiethnic study followed up over 8.5yrs show?

what is the stress response?

what can injury, deadlines and humiliation lead into when they are chronic examples of physical, psychological & social stressors?

what are the high causes of mortality in the current day?

what is the name for the physiological response of stress?

how does it occur

what is CRH

where is the hypothalamus located & what is it responsible for?

what did Bard's study involving the removal of the cat's hypothalamus show?

whats the nickname for the pituitary gland?

what types of hormones does it release?

what can too much cortisol lead to?

what can too little cortisol lead to?

what pathway does adrenaline activate?

where is adrenaline aka epinephrine released from?

whats the route of activation for the release of adrenaline?

what is the fight or flight responsible for? the 4 fs which are?

what does it take & convert it into?

who was the general adaptation syndrome introduced by & what does it consist of?

what are these stages?

what are the features of alarm?

what does resistance consist of

what does exhaustion consist of

the sharpening of cognition as a stress response, what kind of stress disorder can it lead to?

where are b & t lymphocytes found?

what are some psychological modifiers of the stress response

names of studies in this lecture