PSYA02H3 Chapter 16: Chapter 16 Textbook
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Selye"s general adaption syndrome www. notesolution. com chronic exposure to severe stressors produce a sequence of three physiological stages: alarm, resistance and exhaustion. when stress is continuous as opposed to episodic, we produce a continued stress response. hardy: found that hardy individuals take stressful occurrences as challenges how we initially size up the stressor determines our response to it. Sou rces of st ress strong correlation between well-being and the amount of daily hassles a person experiences. Cop ing sty les and st ra tegies coping strategy: simply a plan of action that we follow which is effective in reducing the level of stress we are experiencing www. notesolution. com. Lazarus; two types of coping responses: 1) problem focused coping: directed toward the source of stress, 2) emotion-focused coping: directed toward a person"s own personal reaction to the stressor. Ifffffffff the source of stress has a potential soulution then problem-focused coping is best.