PSY-B - Psychology PSY-B 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Eustress, Acculturation, Stressor
16 Nov 2016
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Stressors are the events in our daily life that contribute to stress. The most frequent source of stress and the source that is most often harmful to our health, is our daily bassles: small things in life that elicit frustration (ex. Urban press as we live close together, we may become more tolerant and understanding opposed to more cramped settings our patience with one another can decrease. Daily hassles and surroundings have a short-term and long-term impact on our well-being. Major life events are things that may change the course of our life and can feel like a fork in the road, leading us down a new life path. Can either be positive, negative, controllable, or uncontrollable. The more controllable and less desirable a life event seems to be, the more stressful it is experienced to be. Conflict when we think about different decisions related to possible life choices, the decision making process can be a source of stress.
