PSYC 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Constant Contact, Glucocorticoid, Hans Selye
16 Jan 2017
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According to the hassle scale the greatest stress students have is troubling thoughts about the future. Stress: the physiological response to a condition that threatens or challenges an individual and requires some form of adaption or adjustment. A stressor is a stimulus or an event that is capable of producing a stress response. Catastrophic events: most people are able to manage the stress associated with such catastrophes. These events lead to posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) a prolonged and severe stress reaction to a catastrophic event or too severe, chronic stress, such as stress from war. Ptsd sometimes doesn"t appear until many years after the event. Ptsd often have flashbacks, nightmares, or intrusive memories that make them feel as though they are actually re-experiencing the traumatic event. Individuals with ptsd also experience cognitive difficulties, such as poor concentration. Everyday stressors: richard lazarus believes that everyday stressors, which he calls hassles cause more stress than major life events do.
