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- alarm reaction
- first stage of the stress response, in which the individual perceives a stressor physically or mentally, and the fight-or-flight response is initiated
- allostasis
- the means by which the body reestablishes homeostasis in the face of a challenge
- coping
- constantly changing cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage specific external or internal demands that are appraised as taxing or exceeding the resources of the person
- emotion-focused coping
- a method of coping involving an individual's efforts to regulate the emotional response to the problem
- eustress
- stress associated with positive events, such as winning a tennis match
- general adaptation syndrome (GAS)
- physical responses to stressors from different sources; composed of three stages: alarm reaction, stage of resistance, and stage of exhaustion
- problem-focused coping
- a method of coping involving an individual's attempts to deal with demands (internal or environmental) or obstacles that create the demands
- psychoneuroimmunology
- an interdisciplinary science that seeks to understand the interactions among psychologic, neurologic, and immune responses
- resilience
- being resourceful, flexible, and having an available source of problem-solving strategies
- reticular activating system
- a network of neurons that is involved with arousal and consciousness and functions to maintain wakefulness and alertness
- sense of coherence
- a coping style that refers to how an individual sees the world and one's life in it
- stage of exhaustion
- final stage of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS); occurs when all the energy for adaptation has been expended
- stage of resistance
- the stage of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS) in which physiologic reserves are mobilized to increase the resistance to stress
- stress
- a nonspecific response of the body to any demand made on it
- stressors
- physical or emotional, pleasant or unpleasant demands that require an individual to adapt
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