Stress & Anxiety

3. the negative stress response
6. a disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired
8. any stress that is experienced for a long time
11. any action taken on the environment due to stress
13. the thoughts one has and the actions one takes to tolerate, reduce, or minimize the effects of stress
16. the positive stress response
19. unpredictable, large-scale events, such as natural disasters or devastations
20. the process by which we perceive and respond to circumstances that we appraise as challenging

1. a condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks your body
2. physical experiences that threaten homeostasis
4. our reaction to the stressors we experience
5. stress that is caused by the physical or social environment
7. include a wide range of social and interpersonal experiences, from daily hassles to major life events, that threaten homeostasis
9. stress that is created from the demands or expectations to perform or conform
10. a change in emotion or mood due to stress
12. an almond-shaped structure in the temporal lobe
14. stress that arises when one is expecting to encounter a stressor
15. a protective casing at the end of a strand of DNA
17. experiences that threaten homeostasis
18. big events that occur in a person’s life