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Define Stress
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A response elicited when a situation overwhelmes a person's percieved ability to meet the demands of a situation
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Stressors
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-events that trigger a stress response
-demands -good or bad |
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Meaning of the response view of stress
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Focuses on the physiological changes that occur when someone encounters an excessively challenging situation.
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Definition of the relational view of stress
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Stress is a particular relationship between the people and the situations in which they find themselves
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2 major categories of stressors
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Eustress and distress
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Types of daily hassles
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Petty annoyances, irritations, and frustrations
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How daily hassles add up and become more stressful than one stressful event
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Overtime hassles take a toll;
pressure, frustration, and conflict |
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Difference between the stress two people could experience from the same event
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Amount of stress is dependant on how personally relevant or not the situation is
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Primary appraisal
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Quick assessment of the meaning of a given environmental event for the individual
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How can appraisal be used to deal with an environmental event?
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Depends on how the person went in mentally to the event.
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Secondary appraisal
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Self-assessment of the resources available to cope with stress
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How can positive events be stressful?
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They require "change" or adaptation if a person needs to meet their nee
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Define General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
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A generalized, nonspecific set of changes in the body that occur during extreme stress.
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List the 3 stages of GAS
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Alarm, resistence, and exhaustion
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What happens between the alarm and mobilization stages of GAS?
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The alarm stage mobilizes the body's resources to act via the effects of adrenal-medullary activation of the sympathetic nervous system.
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