Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Trier Social Stress Test, Adrenal Gland

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Ronald R Holden

Document Summary

Stress can be defined/viewed in 3 ways: as a stimulus, defined in terms of the things causing it stressors, (i. e. causing stimuli or events that place strong demands on us, ex. I have so much stress in my life. Tim hortons concentration camp confinement: predictability sudden, unpredictable. 1: duration long-lasting, controllability no control over it, chronicity happens repeatedly (wears you down exhaustion) Parents discovered something you didn"t want them to know: whether it was a major event (defined as having a significant and long-term impact) or more of a day-to-day event, whether the event was positive or negative. Initially, stress was defined as anything requiring a person to adapt (good or bad) Now, define stress in terms of negative only (b/c they only adverse health and behavioral outcomes) indeed, the positive life events sometimes counter/cancel out the negative impact of negative event.