PSYC 3360 Study Guide - Final Guide: Stress (Biology), Hans Selye, Traffic Ticket
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Stress and coping with stress (1) know about the following topics and issues: (a) person-environment fit. The degree to which the need and resources of a person and the need and resources of an environment complement each other (b) fight-or-flight response. A response to a threat in which the body is rapidly aroused and motivated via the sympathetic nervous system and endocrine system to attack or flee a threatening stimulus (c) general adaptation syndrome. A profile of how organisms respond to stress developed by hans selye; 3 phases: alarm, resistance, exhaustion (d) primary appraisals. The perception of a new or changing environment as beneficial, neutral, or negative in its consequences; believed to be a first step in stress and coping (e) secondary appraisals. Assessment of one"s coping abilities and resources and the judgement as to whether they will be sufficient to meet the harm, threat, or challenge of a new or changing event (f) tend-and-befriend.
