PSYC 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Taco Bell, Autonomic Nervous System, Psychoneuroimmunology
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Stress at lsu: stress is the #1 factor that impacts lsu student"s academic, 50% of all lsu alumni report having poor time management skills which causes stress. Si can help: mental health counseling is included in your student fees. What is stress: the physiological and psychological response to conditions that threaten or challenge, physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses. Stressors: events that cause a stress reaction. Acute or chronic: how you interpret the stressor will determine your stress response, distress. Positive events, or the optimal amount of stress that people need to promote health and well-being. Ex: the flood forced people to relocate and adjust: major life changes. Measures the amount of stress over one year. Urgent demands or expectations for a person"s behavior. From an outside source (like a boss, parents, professors) Like a server in a restaurant, you need to keep track of tables and orders: uncontrollability. Lack of control over a particular event or situation.
