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The Same Stressor Can Be Good or Bad

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The same stressor can be good or bad. How do you determine which one it is? Give an example of a stressor and explain how it could be conceptualized each way.


Definitions:

Norepinephrine

Norepinephrine is a neurotransmitter and hormone important in the body's fight or flight response, involved in increasing heart rate and blood pressure.

Sympathetic Nerve

Part of the autonomic nervous system that stimulates the body's fight or flight response.

Sympathetic Control

The regulation of bodily functions by the sympathetic nervous system, which activates the body's "fight or flight" response.

Heart

A muscular organ that pumps blood through the circulatory system, supplying oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and removing carbon dioxide and other wastes.

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