Deck 14: E: Health, Stress, and Coping

Question 1

Kyle had to relearn how to walk after suffering severe injuries in a car accident.Although the event was traumatic,Kyle has proven himself to be resilient,and actually feels a greater sense of inner strength than he did prior to the accident.The ability of people like Kyle to grow and actually benefit from negative events is known as____________ .

Answer 1

post-traumatic growth

Question 2

It is believed that____________ is responsible for the fact that watching television is correlated with obesity in men,whereas spending more time on a computer is not.

Answer 2

snacking

Question 3

____________is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in Canada.

Answer 3

Smoking

Question 4

Levels of dopamine,epinephrine,and brain-derived neurotrophic factor BDNF have all been shown to increase following____________ .

Question 5

When an animal or person develops____________ ,they will endure pain even when it is possible to avoid or escape it.

Question 6

The bacterium Helicobacter pyloriisnow known to be the cause of____________ .

Question 7

The ____________is the neural and endocrine circuit that causes cortisol levels to increase when it is activated by stress.

Question 8

The ____________stage of the general adaptation syndrome involves recognizing a threat and the immediate physiological reaction to that threat.

Question 9

Events or stimuli which trigger a stress response are called____________ .