PSYC 1F90 Chapter 56: PSYCH 1F90--TEXTBOOK 56
11 Mar 2016
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Stress: stressors a specific condition or event in the environment that challenges or threatens a person, appraising stressors. Primary appraisal deciding if a situation is relevant to oneself and if it is a threat. Secondary appraisal deciding how to cope with a threat or challenge: the nature of threat. Several factors can make stress more stressful like . Pressure a stressful condition that occurs when a person must meet urgent external demands or expectations: burnout a work-related condition of mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion. Social readjustment rating scale (srrs) a scale that rates the impact of various life events on the likelihood of illness. Peoples stress level vary from people to people: the hazards of hassles. Hassles (microstressors) any distressing, day-to-day annoyance: frustration a negative emotional state that occurs when one is prevented from reaching a goal. External frustrations are based on delay, failure, rejection, loss, and other direct blocking of motives.
