FRHD 1100 Lecture Notes - Autogenic Training, Hans Selye, Heart Rate Variability

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1100
• Professor: Robin Milhausen

Document Summary

Non-specific responses of the body to any demands made on it. Eustress (good stress) the salt of life adrenaline, blood flow patterns. Distress (bad stress) the kiss of death feeling sick, sweating. Impact of stress (model) if there is no stress, then i am bored. Stress is needed in order to meet challenges and improve performance. But too much distress can lead to poor health. Wwii fighter pilots had been monitored because we knew their stress levels were important to their performance. Your jaw and your waist are the quickest things to tighten up when you feel stress. (ie. dogs backed into a corner have tension in their jaw in order to bite. ) Even doing a simple task such as naming cards (ie. 9 of clubs, 8 of diamonds) was difficult for the fighter pilots due to breathing problems affecting the brain. Near 6 br/min elicits good heart rate variability.