ADM 2336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Coronary Artery Disease, Telecommuting, Job Sharing

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 2336
• Professor: Gerard Brathwaite- Sturgeon

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A psychological reaction to the demands inherent in a stressor that has the potential to make a person feel tense or anxious. A psychological response to demands that possess certain stakes and that tax or exceed a person"s (cid:272)apa(cid:272)ity of resour(cid:272)es. Moderate levels of stress can provide an appropriate level of stimulation. Stress becomes a problem when it leads to high levels of anxiety and tension. The demands that cause people to experience stress are called stressors. Environmental events or conditions that have the potential to induce stress. Some conditions would be stressful for just about everyone (ex. Personality often determines the extent to which a potential stressor becomes a real stressor and induces stress (more later) This behavioural psychological, and physiological consequences of stress. Some of these reactions are passive responses, over which the individual has little direct control: ex. Other reactions are active attempts to cope with some aspect of the stress episode.