PSYA2 AQA PSYCHOLOGY - BODILY RESPONSES TO STRESS 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyStressASAQA Created by: isaaaccccCreated on: 10-03-15 10:55 the sympathomedullary pathway deals with what kind of stress? acute 1 of 13 what does the sypathetic nervous system leads to an increase in what two things? heart rate and blood pressure 2 of 13 what neurotransmitter does the SNS release? noradrenaline 3 of 13 what relseases adrenaline in the SNS? adrenal medulla 4 of 13 what system restores the body to normal after a stressor has passed? parasympathetic nervous system 5 of 13 what is found deep inside the brain in the pituitary adrenal system? hypothalamus 6 of 13 what hormone does the pituitary adrenal gland release? adrenocorticotrophic hormone 7 of 13 what is the outside of the adrenal gland called? adrenal cortex 8 of 13 what does the prolonged relseas of ACTH cause? increased size 9 of 13 Orth-Gomer showed that exposure to ongoing stressors causes increased chance of having a what? heart attack 10 of 13 Kiecolt Glaser et al found that exposure to short term stressors causes a what in immune system functioning? decrease 11 of 13 males tend to have what response to stress? fight or flight 12 of 13 females tend to have what response to stress tend and befriend 13 of 13
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