PERDEV FINALS

• HANS SELYE

  • first to define stress. “Father of Stress Research.”
  • conducted a study on hormonal changes in rats.
  • discovered that rats not only responded to hormones and substances injected but were also reacting to stress brought about by their experience
• STRESS

  • non-specific response of body to any demand.
  • body’s reaction to certain pressure or challenge or situation – whether physical, mental or emotional.
• STRESSOR

  • stimulus that triggers the body to respond
• EUSTRESS

  • term for positive stress or good stress
  • can motivate to regain enthusiasm in endeavor, it can give excitement to revitalize performance
• DYSTRESS

  •  refers to negative stress or bad stress
• ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

  • when event or stimulus requires us to change in some way that makes a change living environment a stressful experience.
• ACADEMIC FACTORS

  • responsibilities related to work in school
• PHYSICAL FACTORS

  • deal with health issues which are the concern of everyone because bad health causes a lot of damage to life of a person.
• EMOTIONAL FACTORS

  • involve emotional problems (depression, anxiety, anger, grief, guilt, low self-esteem)
• ACUTE STRESS

  • short-term for it is your body’s immediate response to demand & pressures of recent past & near future
• EPISODIC ACUTE STRESS

  • those who experience acute stress very frequently.
  • usually the individuals who are either “worry warts”
• CHRONIC STRESS

  • most damaging of all. Stress that consumes you over a very long time unless you seek professional help
• PREFRONTAL CORTEX

  • known for its functions in decision- making, being able to adapt and be flexible to new situations, making judgments, organizing and planning, goal-setting, and controlling impulses
• MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

  • muscles remain guarded and become stiff and tense for long periods of time
• RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

  • emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic bronchitis become more complicated due to long-term stress
• CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

  • continuously experiences constant stress, your coronary arteries may swell which can lead to a heart attack
• ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

  • liver produces more glucose (blood sugar) for energy, to help you react to the stress
• REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

  • male - affects testosterone and sperm production which cause impotence or erectile dysfunction
  • women - irregularity in menstrual cycle, or menstrual disorders, which may also cause infertility
• CEREBRUM

  • to regulate senses, memory, emotions, Intellectual activities, and body movement
• LIMBIC SYSTEM

  • regulate various types of emotions that affect blood temperature and blood pressure facilitated by hypothalamus like eating behavior.
• THALAMUS

  • receives information, organizes then sends information to cerebrum.
• DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

  • Stress makes your brain more sensitive to your stomach - stress may lead to the development of ulcers or chronic stomach pain
• CEREBELLUM

  • functions directly with cerebrum to receive information from sensory system and spinal cord to regulate balance, postures, and coordinate movement like riding a bike and walking upright
• HYPOTHALAMUS

  • responsible for growth and development
• BRAINSTEM

  • connects cerebrum and cerebellum to spinal cord.
• CEREBRAL CORTEX

  • outermost layer of cerebrum, responsible for receiving & processing information also in initiating a response from processed information in brain
• FRONTAL LOBE

  • situated at front part of brain which controls memory, emotion, stress response, speech, decision making, and planning.
• PARIETAL LOBE

  • situated near back of frontal lobe which regulates sensory perception
• TEMPORAL LOBE

  • located at side of head which regulates memory, hearing, and comprehension.
• OCCIPITAL LOBE

  • situated at the back of the head which regulates sight
• SIGHT

  • brain processes this information through visual system via thalamus to Visual Cortex located in Occipital Lobe.
• SMELL

  • processes these signals from olfactory system to olfactory cortex located in Frontal & Temporal Lobe
• HEARING

  • processes these signals and information through auditory system via thalamus to Auditory Cortex located in Temporal Lobe
• TASTE

  • information processed from gustatory system via brainstem to Gustatory Cortex located in Parietal.
• TOUCH

  • sensations directed to somatosensory system via brainstem to primary somatic sensory cortex located in Parietal Lobe
• EXERCISE

  • Benefits your brain health and cognition, improves your memory & protects brain from degeneration
• MEDITATION

  • can take this 10-15 minutes a day and could help to extend your cognitive longevity
• SLEEP

  • consolidate memory learning. If you do not get enough of this, you will have a less healthy brain
• FOOD

  • Just as body needs fuel, so does the brain
• SUNSHINE

  • Getting too little of this is not good for your brain. Higher levels of vitamin D in system to perform better and can slow down the  aging of your brain