stress - intro to psychology

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Across
  1. 3. serves to protect us in the initial stages of shock after overwhelming trauma, loss, or fear
  2. 7. any event, force, or condition that results in physical or emotional stress.
  3. 9. the result of prolonged or chronic stress
  4. 10. when your body begins to repair itself and normalize heart rate, blood pressure
  5. 11. unresolved _______, especially in a close relationship, inevitably leads to a significantly increased level of stress.
  6. 12. the ability to endure difficult conditions.
  7. 14. the act of directly facing, or being encouraged or required to face a difficult situation
  8. 15. the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences
Down
  1. 1. an unconscious psychological operation that functions to protect a person from anxiety-producing thoughts and feelings related to internal conflicts and outer stressors
  2. 2. the feeling of irritability or anger because of the inability to achieve something
  3. 4. describes the process your body goes through when you are exposed to any kind of stress, positive or negative.
  4. 5. “fight-or-flight” response
  5. 6. a feeling of emotional or physical tension.
  6. 8. excessive or stressful demands, imagined or real, made on an individual to think, feel, or act in particular ways.
  7. 13. involves projecting undesirable feelings or emotions onto someone else, rather than admitting to or dealing with the unwanted feelings.