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According to the reading, which of the following describes fear? (Mark the THREE that apply)

What part of Billy Bob’s brain is responsible for initiating the response (or sounding the alarm)?

Why is allostasis better than homeostasis for explaining the influence of stress (as defined in class) on physiology and disease?  In this answer you should define stress (holistic medicine definition), allostasis and homeostasis.  In addition, you should discuss specific principles of allostasis that (in contrast to homeostasis) are better at describing the consequences of stress (reframe from just list the principles of allostasis).

The part of the autonomic nervous system responsible for conserving energy is called the

Kobasa and her colleagues theorized that if you perceive potentially stressful events as a challenge instead of a threat, less stress will result. This is known as the 

Walter Cannon’s contribution to the field of stress management was to (Mark TWO that apply)

Identify the cognitive distortion: It drives me nuts that her parents bought her a brand new car and I’m still driving this twenty-year-old hand me down. 

You are deathly afraid of spiders. Sitting on the sofa, you see a daddy longlegs climbing up toward your arm. You instantly and quickly jump off the couch to get out of the way. What sympathetic nervous system responses were activated to react to this stressor? (Mark THREE)

Low muscle mass in someone who is sedentary would be an example of which principle of allostasis?

Identify the cognitive distortion: I feel stressed and anxious. I wonder if I should still apply to medical school.