The Stress ResponseThe two pathways, their timing, and what chronic activation does.PsychologySAM — fastSympathetic-adrenal-medullarySecondsAdrenaline and noradrenalineHeart rate, breathing, blood tomuscleDigestion suppressedHPA — slowHypothalamic-pituitary-adrenalMinutes to hoursCortisolGlucose released, immunesuppressedNegative feedback normallyshuts it offTHE DIFFERENCE THAT MATTERSChronic activation is the problem: sustained cortisol is associatedwith impaired immunity, disrupted sleep and hippocampal effects.Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome: alarm, resistance, exhaustion.The exhaustion phase is where health effects appear.The Stress Responselearnposters.com
The Stress Response — printable life science wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

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SAM — fast against HPA — slow, side by side.

Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome: alarm, resistance, exhaustion. The exhaustion phase is where health effects appear.

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What’s on the The Stress Response (Biological) poster?
SAM — fast against HPA — slow, side by side. SAM — fast: Sympathetic-adrenal-medullary; SAM — fast: Seconds; SAM — fast: Adrenaline and noradrenaline; SAM — fast: Heart rate, breathing, blood to muscle; SAM — fast: Digestion suppressed; HPA — slow: Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal; HPA — slow: Minutes to hours; HPA — slow: Cortisol; HPA — slow: Glucose released, immune suppressed; HPA — slow: Negative feedback normally shuts it off; Chronic activation is the problem: sustained cortisol is associated with impaired imm…. Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome: alarm, resistance, exhaustion. The exhaustion phase is where health effects appear.
Who is the The Stress Response (Biological) poster for?
The Stress Response (Biological) belongs to the Psychology section rather than to a school year, because life science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning biological can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the The Stress Response (Biological) poster?
One pathway is fast and neural. The other is slow and hormonal. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Stress Response (Biological) belongs on the wall where that life science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with The Stress Response (Biological)?
Biological Rhythms, Brain Imaging and Brain Structures sit alongside The Stress Response (Biological) in the Psychology section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Biological RhythmsBrain ImagingBrain Structures
Is the The Stress Response (Biological) poster free to download and print?
Yes. The Stress Response (Biological) downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Psychology section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the The Stress Response (Biological) poster print at?
The Stress Response (Biological) is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Stress Response (Biological) loses nothing.Printing guide

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