Psych Unit 3 AOS 1 2(2)

When a person is confronted with a situation that is threatening or challenging.....

• The sympathetic nervous system deactiviates

• The psychological response that occurs is the dominant form of stress

• The physiological and psychological response that occurs is called stress

• Stress occurs due to the autonomic nervous system becoming dominant

The following physiological symptoms occur when the flight or fright response is initiated.

• Increased levels of adrenaline, increased perspiration

• Increased release of sugar from liver, constricted pupils

• Decreased digestion, increased saliva

• Decreased heart rate, increased release of sugar from liver

What is the role of cortisol in chronic stress?

• Prepares the body to fight, increases stress related illnesses

• Prepares the body to fight, increases blood sugar levels

• Prepares the body, damages muscles

• Suppresses the immune system, prepares the body to fight

How is the enteric nervous system is connected to the brain?

• Through the production of GABA and seratonin

• Through modulating the gut function

• Through the vagus nerve

• Through gut microbiota

The gut brain axis can effect mood if microbiota stop producing which neurotransmitter?

• Acetylcholine

• GABA

• Dopamine

• Seratonin

Animal studies have demonstrated that a lack of microbiota can have effects such as.....

• Antisocial behaviour, decreased memory formation

• Anxiety like symptoms, excessive happiness

• Tiredness and moodiness

• Anxiety like symptoms and excessive happiness

What is the biological model of stress called?

• Transactional model of change

• Atkinson and Shiffrin model

• Lazarus and Folkman model of coping

• General adaption syndrome

What are the different stages of Selye's model of stress?

• Alarm reaction, resistance, exhaustion

• Shock, countershock, resistance, exhaustion

• Shock, counter shock, alarm reaction, resistance, exhaustion

• Alarm, resistance, exhaustion

Why does the body initially show a drop in blood pressure when a freeze response is initiated?

• It takes time for adrenaline to be released from the kidneys

• The body try's to calm by making the parasympathetic nervous system dominant

• The parasympathetic nervous system takes over even though the body is highly aroused

• The sympathetic nervous system is still starting the response

What is the difference between eustress and distress?

• The biological response

• The psychological response

• Resistance or exhaustion stage

• Shock or counter shock activiated