PSY 346 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Shelley E. Taylor, Hans Selye, Walter Bradford Cannon
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What is stress: cogni1on, behavior, physiological symptoms, emo1ons. Stress is a nega1ve emo1onal experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological, cogni1ve, and behavioral changes that are directed either toward altering the stressful event or accommoda1ng to its e ects. Things that all animals (human and not) might list as stressful, e. g. , heat, cold, pain, fa1gue, injury, hunger, predators. Things that primarily humans would consider stressful, e. g. , grades, job security, money, rela1onships, tra c. Types of stressors: acute stressors, chronic stressors. Do not require immediate ahen1on, but last a long 1me and are a constant source of worry. Six key moments in stress history: walter cannon: fight or ight behavior, hans selye: general adapta1on syndrome, holmes and rahe: stressful life events, lazarus: stress appraisals, blascovich: threat v. challenge, taylor et al: tend and befriend. Walter cannon: threat causes physiological changes, they help mobilize the body to ght or ee, helpful: allows your body to respond quickly, harmful: disrupts normal func1oning.
