Blog instructions

This blog has been created for a group of access students studying the psychology of stress.

Several tasks have been created for you to complete throughout this blog as a method of revision. I would like you to work your way through the pages on the right-hand side and familiarise yourself with the content we have covered so far.

After you feel you have learnt the content to the best of your ability, I would like you to complete the "fill in the gaps" activity and the stress quiz.

This blog has been created for your own benefit, cheating on the tasks and the quiz will only disadvantage yourself. This blog is monitored regularly and any unacceptable behaviour will not be tolerated. If you have any questions or queries, feel free to note these in the comments section where I will get back to you ASAP.

Good luck & enjoy!

Fill in the Gaps

In 1932, ______ developed one of the first models to detail what happens in our bodies during times of stress. The model was known as the Fight or _____ response. Not long after this model, _____ (1956) introduced the notion that prolonged exposure to stress could lead to illness. This notion was documented as the General _______ Syndrome. The syndrome describes ____ stages which we are all thought to go through during stressful periods. The first stage is the ____ stage, this is when a stimulus is firstly perceived as a stressor and the individuals fight/flight instinct is aroused. At this point in the time the adrenal medulla secretes adrenaline and _________. The second stage is the _________ stage and this is when the body begins to adapt to deal with the stressor. There is lots of adrenocorticotrophic hormone within the blood, which conserves as much ________ as possible to resist stress. The final stage of the theory is the __________ stage. Individuals enter this stage when they have been exposed to a stressor for a long period of time. The bodies resources become depleted and the _________ begin to lose functionality. This is the stage where an individual is most susceptible to _______ and death. Stress-related illnesses can include Coronary heart disease, stomach ulcers, issues with the immune system and the digestive system. Research by _______ (1958) supports the idea that stress can cause stomach ulcers after he experimented on ________. Other research proposes are immune system is weakened during times of stress because ____________ prevent the body from producing _________ (Kiecolt-Glaser et al, 1984). _______ & ________ (1967) propose that life events such as _______ and _______ are most likely to cause stress which subsequently causes illness. However, Kanner (1981) suggests that _______ are more predictive of stress and stress-related illness. He also considered daily uplifts as positive experiences which substantially reduce stress and the onset of stress-related illness'.


resistance           divorce                disease
lymphocytes       daily hassles         noradrenaline
selye                  exhaustion            corticosteriods
glucose               Holmes                 adrenals
3                        death                    Rahe
Canon                alarm                     Brady
fight                  monkeys                Adapation

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