PSY B110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Adrenal Gland, Adrenal Medulla, Sympathetic Nervous System
25 Nov 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Describe what stress is and what its effect can be. Explain how and why one person might fall apart while another person flourishes when everything seems to go wrong. Predict what can happen and how to change negative outcomes through prevention and intervention. The most frequent source of stress and the source that is most often harmful to our health, is our daily hassles. Daily hassles: the small things in life that elicit frustrations. Example(s): tripping and spilling your morning coffee, having trouble finding a parking place on campus, or needing to stay up late to finish a writing assignment. Urban press: a phenomenon that is relatively new in the history of humanity. As we live closer together, we may become more tolerant and understanding, or in more cramped. Our urban living provides many advantages and modern conveniences, while also coming with its settings, our patience with one another can decrease and our blood pressure can rise. own challenges.
