Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Trier Social Stress Test, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Protective Factor

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Holden

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Defined in terms of the things causing it (stressors: as a response: Defined as a reaction that may include cognitive, physical or behavior. Can be defined in 3 ways: as a stimulus: (cid:498)) have so much stress in my life(cid:499) (cid:498))"m so stressed out(cid:499) aspects, as an interaction b/w both. Person makes cognitive appraisals and has physiological/behavior response, in reaction to environmental demands (stressors) I. e. feeling stressed when we perceive demands as being greater than our available abilities or resources to cope with them (greater imbalance greater stress) Micro-stressors daily hassles and annoyances (ie long line at tims) Major negative events exactly as it sounds; major life events occurring. Catastrophic events unexpected catastrophe that usually affects many people (cid:523)ie natural disaster"s(cid:524) on a personal scale (ie victim of abuse/crime; death of a love one) When responding to a stressor we first experience cognitive appraisal, then a physiological response, and lastly use coping tasks with a behavior response.