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Name the SAM response to stress?
Limbic Region, Hypothalmus, ANS, Adrenal Medulla, Adrenaline, Fight or Flight
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What sort of stress is SAM?
ACUTE (short term)
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Name the HPA response to stress?
Limbic Region, Hypothalmus, CRF, Anterior Pituitary Gland, ACTH, Adrenal Cortex, Cortisol
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What is a stressor?
Cause of stress
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What is the definition of stress?
Psychological and physiological change in the respond to a stressor.
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Give one study into ACTUTE stress?
Marucha punch biopsy
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Who did Marucha test in her study and what were her results?
Students (in holidays and 3 days before exam). Exam group took 40% longer to heal.
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Give two limitations to Marucha's study?
External factors could have caused the stress. All immune systems are different.
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Give one study into CHRONIC stress?
Kiecolt - Glaser (conflict on wound healing)
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Who did Kiecolt - Glaser test in their study and what were the results?
Married couples. Wounds took longer to heal when couples had a confrontational discussion.
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Give two limitations to Kiecolt - Glaser study?
External factors could have lead to stress. Blister heal quicker on people who do sport.
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What are the two conclusions from both studies?
ACUTE and CHRONIC stress has a negative effect on the immune system.
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Give one Contradictory study and what did they do?
Segerstom and Miller (meta analysis) looks at lots of studies
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What was their conclusion?
ACUTE stress boosts immune system, CHRONIC stress has negative effect on immune system.
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Give 3 strengths of Segerstom and Miller's study?
Reliability (consistency), Validity (accuracy), Facal validity (looks right)
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What are life events?
CHRONIC stress, take adjusting to, having a baby.
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Give a study into life events and what did they do?
Rahe, Tested USA Naval men for 6 month period.
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What did rate find in his study?
Positive correlation 0.118 between ill health and negative life events
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Give three limitations?
External factors (health), gender + cultural bias.
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What did Holmes and Rahe come up with?
SRRS (social readjustment rating scale)
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What was Holmes and Rahe's prediction on life events?
Life events lead to illness
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What are daily hassles?
ACUTE stress, short tern, accumulate can lead to stress and illness
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Name a Study on Daily hassles?
Gervais (nurses)
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What did Gervais do in his study and what were the findings?
Nurses kept diaries on uplifts and hassles. Uplifts reduce stress, hassles lead to stress.
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Give two limitations to Gervais's study?
Social desirability effect, would nurses with depression report uplifts.
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Name the three personalities?
Type A, Type B, Hardy
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How do type A respond to stress?
hostile, impatient, competitive
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How do type B respond to stress?
Calm, collective, when get really stressed loose motivation
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How do Hardy personalities respond to stress?
See as positive, see as challenge that they have to succeed.
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Who came up with the Hardy personality?
Kobosa
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Who came up with the type A personality?
Freidman + Rosenman (construct structured interviews to determine type
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What did Freidman + Rosenman find out about their interviews?
8 and a half years later twice as many type As had died from heart attacks
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What sort of stress is SAM?

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Name the HPA response to stress?

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What is a stressor?

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What is the definition of stress?

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