Catch-up plan for this

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• Catch-up plan for this self-taught unit
• Chapter reviewdue today
• Packet questionsdue today
• Quiz on Tue (day before break)
• Research project (only one of the school year)
• Topic
• Any behavioral research study that you find
  interestingcan be from the past or something
  current.
• Your choice
• 6-8 page written paper
• 12-15 slide powerpoint presented to the class.
• Due when we return from the break and worth ½ of
  second marking period grade.

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How did you do on your SATs?
You know, most of your friends did better than
that and the colleges that youre looking at
really want much higher scores.
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You cant sleep so muchyou need to stay up late
to study for those four tests tomorrow and you
have to be up on time to get to your first period
class because the teacher is a real about
lateness.
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I was only absent for two days, but I missed
four tests and every teacher says I have to make
up their test today.
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My parents are on my case about
my friends boy/girlfriend college
applications money for college job
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Graduationthen reality begins to set in
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The bad news is that the end of high school does
not mean the end of stress
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What do these people have in common?
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Stress
There can be many things that bring on or cause
stress
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Would you just stop TALKING, Mr. Warmkessel!!!
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• Stress the nonspecific response of the body to
  any demand made upon it.
• Can be positive (getting married, new job, going
  to college, etc), but many are negative.
• Stress activates the autonomic nervous system
  rapidly (sympathetic branchfight or flight)
• Stress also activates the hypothalamus-pituitary-a
  drenal cortex axis more slowly.
• Both systems have an effect on health and
  well-being and strengthen the immune response.

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The Hypothalamus, Pituitary, Adrenal Cortex Axis
(HPA axis) Activation of the hypothalamus
induces the anterior pituitary to secrete
adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), which
stimulates the adrenal cortex to secrete
cortisol. Cortisol elevates blood sugar and
enhances metabolism.
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• Cortisol helps the body fight a difficult
  situation and in the short term is beneficial.
• http//video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/s
  cience/health-human-body-sci/human-body/brain-tumo
  r-sci.html
• Prolonged elevations of cortisol can affect the
  immune system and become harmful to long term
  health.
• Living near Three Mile Island after the accident
• A landfill or toxic waste dump near your house
• A loved one develops a chronic illness
• Cant pay the bills every monthrisk losing house

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• People who continued living nearby during the
  year after the accident had
• Lower than normal levels of T cells
• Lower than normal levels of B cells
• Lower than normal levels of natural killer cells
• Complained of emotional distress
• Showed impaired performance on a proof-reading
  task

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• Prolonged cortisol directs energy toward
  increasing blood sugar and metabolism, but
  therefore, AWAY from making new proteins (like
  the proteins of the immune system).
• Other studies
• 9 months of cold, darkness, and social isolation
  in Antarctica reduced T cell functioning to about
  half of normal levels
• Natural killer cells are suppressed in women
  whose husbands are dying of cancer or whose
  husbands recently died, and in medical students
  going through an exam period.
• People with long term stress (more than a month)
  caught colds much easier than people who had no
  stress or only recent stress.

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Stress is particularly destructive in people who
resign themselves to it. (learned
helplessness) When people try to attack their
problems and gain some control over them, the
immune system is stronger and health is better.
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High cortisol levels increase the vulnerability
of neurons in the hippocampus (learning and
memory) toxins and overstimulation can kill
those neurons instead of just weakening them
temporarily. Aged people with the highest
cortisol levels tend to be those with the
smallest hippocampi and greatest memory
problems. Stress and Health link http//www.fi.
edu/learn/brain/stress.htmlgenderresponses
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If stress isnt going to change, the way you deal
with it might have to. Everything that happens
can be put into two categories 1. Things that
you have control over. 2. Things that you have
no control over.
You can make a decision to be a happier person by
accepting these things and not letting them
bother you. Life will not always be fair! Its
okay!
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In day to day activities Dont let yourself get
drawn into arguments. Keep your voice calm and
your mind will follow. Have slippery
shoulders Dont carry things around with you
emotionally (Monk carrying woman over stream)
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Both good and bad things in life will passlife
would not be interesting if every day were sunny.
You wouldnt appreciate the sunny days eventually
and you wouldnt learn how to look for the good
in the rainy, cloudy days.
Ask yourself, What will be important on your
death-bed? That someone gave you the finger at
a red light? Put your stress in
perspectiveAfrica
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Force yourself to smile and laughit will change
your mood by releasing endorphins and serotonin!
Smiling also boosts your immune system making you
healthier!
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Every day Make time for yourself
first!!! Everything else in the world can
wait! Try one or more of the following
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Meditate, listen to classical music Get enough
sleep Eat rightenough, but not too muchnot as
many fats that can make you feel sluggish Talk
about things with people you trust Listen to
people Read Give backget a purpose in life
other than yourself Appreciate solitude, quiet
(late night, early morning, sailing, hiking)
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You only live oncewhy not enjoy EVERY moment?
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No one can make you stressed without your consent.
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Its not what happens to us in lifeits how we
react to it that matters.
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Secrets of happy people http//www.dumblittleman.
com/2009/09/9-secrets-of-truly-happy-people.html