PSC 126 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: 18 Months, Learned Helplessness, Stressor
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Stress comes from not getting something we want. Top 5: relationships, roommate conflicts, time management, classes, #1 money. Different people, when faced with the same event, experience equal amounts of stress. One major stressful event is more stressful than minor, everyday hassles. We must avoid stress in our lives. From the latin strictus meaning hardship, adversity, affliction. Bearing or pressing down; a force exerted upon a body that tends to strain or deform its shape. Stress depends on how an event is appraised and whether people perceive themselves as possessing the resources needed to respond to the event successfully. Physiological -- headaches, infections, taut muscles, fatigue. Cognitive -- worrying, muddled thinking, impaired judgement, indecision, nightmares, negativity. Emotional -- loss of confidence, more fussy, irritability, depression, apathy, alienation, apprehension. Behavioral -- accident prone, loss of appetite, drinking/smoking more, restlessness. Negative events are more stressful than positive ones, but positive events can still be stressful.
