Unit 7
Stress, Illness, and Well-Being |
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Objectives
- Introduce students to the stress response and the positive and negative
impact of stressors.
- Students should understand the physiological changes caused by the
stress response
- Students should be able to analyze the factors in their own lives
that make them susceptible to various stressors
- Students should be able to maximize stress buffers and take actions
to control or modify individual responses to known stressors.
Focus Questions
- What affects do stress have on your personal environment……
- …in the short term?
- …in the long term?
- What are the three main things causing stress in your life?
- What mechanisms do you apply in your life to reduce stress?
Concepts
- Defining stress
- Homeostasis
- Reactions to stress
- Factors that increase individual susceptibility to stressors
- Managing stress
Readings
- Chapter 10
- Wellness: Choices for Health and Fitness
- Study Guide
- Link opens new browser window.
- How
to Stay Stressed
- From John Pinto of Standford University. Link opens new browser window.
Introduction
We hear the term "stressed-out" every day. Every day we could complain
of being stressed by our families, roommates, jobs, relationships, finances,
grades, and a host of other trials and tribulations. It's something we
can't run from, hide from, or just ignore, and o matter how much we'd
like to get rid of it, it is actually an essential part of human life.
In this chapter, we examine what stress is, how it can affect your health
and well-being, and, most important, what you can do to reduce your risks
for the negative influences of stress.
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