PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Foot-In-The-Door Technique, Proverb, Prefrontal Cortex

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Heather Jenkin

Document Summary

We sometimes use the word informally to describe threats or challenges, and at other times our responses. Stress- (the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging). The process of appraising and responding to a threatening or challenging event. Stress arises less from events themselves than from how we appraise them. Stressful event (tough math test) = appraisal: threat ( yikes this is beyond me ) + challenge ( i"ve got to apply all i know ) = response (stressed to distraction) + (aroused, focused) When short- lived, or when perceived as challenges, stressors can have positive effects. A momentary stress can mobilize the immune system for fending off infections and healing wounds. Stress also arouses and motivates us to conquer problems. Championship athletes, successful entertainers, and great teachers and leaders all thrive and excel when aroused by a challenge.