PSYC 328 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Absenteeism, Heart Rate Variability, Catecholamine
8 Apr 2018
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Lo1 what is stress? stress a negative emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological, cognitive, and behavioral changes that are directed either toward altering the stressful event or accommodating to its effects. What is a stressor? stressor stressful events. What is stressful to someone may not be stressful to another. For example, one person may find the loss of a job highly stressful while another person may see it as an opportunity to try a new field as a challenge, rather than a threat. Person-environment fit person-environment fit the assessment of whether personal resources are sufficient to meet the demands of the environment. Stress is determined by person-environment fit, by the person"s appraisal process. Walter cannon"s fight-or-flight response the response when an organism perceives a threat of rapid arousal and activation of the sympathetic nervous system and the endocrine system.
