PSYA2 AQA PSYCHOLOGY - BODILY RESPONSES TO STRESS

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the sympathomedullary pathway deals with what kind of stress?
acute
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what does the sypathetic nervous system leads to an increase in what two things?
heart rate and blood pressure
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what neurotransmitter does the SNS release?
noradrenaline
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what relseases adrenaline in the SNS?
adrenal medulla
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what system restores the body to normal after a stressor has passed?
parasympathetic nervous system
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what is found deep inside the brain in the pituitary adrenal system?
hypothalamus
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what hormone does the pituitary adrenal gland release?
adrenocorticotrophic hormone
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what is the outside of the adrenal gland called?
adrenal cortex
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what does the prolonged relseas of ACTH cause?
increased size
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Orth-Gomer showed that exposure to ongoing stressors causes increased chance of having a what?
heart attack
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Kiecolt Glaser et al found that exposure to short term stressors causes a what in immune system functioning?
decrease
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males tend to have what response to stress?
fight or flight
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females tend to have what response to stress
tend and befriend
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heart rate and blood pressure

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what neurotransmitter does the SNS release?

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what relseases adrenaline in the SNS?

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