PSYC 314 Lecture Notes - Absenteeism, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Asthma
Document Summary
Negative emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological, cognitive and behavioural changes that are directed at altering the stressful event or accommodating to its effects. Stressor: noise, crowding, a bad relationship, job interviews, commute to work. Stress is the consequence of a persons appraisal processes: the assessment of whether personal resources are sufficient to meet the demands of the environment. Persons recourses are adequate they experience less or little stress (may see situation as a challenge ) Person thinks resources are sufficient with the cost of great efforts they"ll experience moderate stress. Person thinks their resources won"t be enough to meet an environmental stressor they"ll experience a great deal of stress. Walter cannon (1932) fight or flight response: when an organism perceives a threat, the body is rapidly aroused and motivated via the sympathetic nervous system and the endocrine system. This physiological response allows the organism to attack the threat or to flee.
