PSYC 328 Chapter 6: Chapter 6 Stress
17 Oct 2016
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Stress: a negative emotional experience + predictable biochemical, physiological, cognitive, and behavioural changes that are directed either toward altering the stressful event/accommodating to its effects. What is a stressor: initial focus on stressful events themselves: stressors. Stressors: events perceived to be stressful, include noise, crowding, a bad relationship, a round of job interviews, or the commute to work. The study of stressors conditions that are more likely to produce stress than others. But this focus on stressful events cannot fully explain the experience of stress. A stressful experience may be stressful to some people but not to others. Different people"s perceptions of the stressors are important. Person-environment fit: stress consequence of a person"s appraisal processes: Assessment of whether personal resources are suf cient to meet the demands of the environment. Resources > situation little stress & experience a sense of challenge. Resources maybe enough, but only at the cost of great effort moderate amount of stress.
