PSYC 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Lymph Node, Hans Selye, Stress Management
21 May 2017
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Psyc 2301 chapter 6: stress & coping. *all content belongs to tarry ahuja & where cited in lecture slides* Negative emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological, cognitive, & behavioural changes directed either toward altering stressful event or accommodating to its effects. Event, situation, experience, or trigger causing stress. Can include: noise, overcrowding, large population, bad relationships, work-related activities, environmental factors. Perception of stress determined by individual"s appraisal of resources. Assessment of personal resources dictates degree of stress: adequate resources low stress, challenge, ale to manage stressor, inadequate resources stressed out, unable to manage stressor. Several theories & models exist including: fight-or-flight (cannon, 1932, general adaptation syndrome (selye, 1956, tend-and-befriend (taylor et al. , 2000) Found: all stressors produced same physiological response. Stressors led to: enlarged adrenal cortex, shrinking of thymus & lymph glands, ulceration of stomach & duodenum. Chronic stress can lead to wear & tear of system.
