APA 2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Paul Ekman, Avoidance Coping, Microexpression
30 Sep 2018
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Stress must be managed to optimize growth and fulfilment. Stress becomes the access goal to achieve great things. Won a contest, singing the national anthem . How can a seven-year old thrive in a stressful situation while other people will be scared. Knowledge, skills, money, time, energy, focus (available resources) Everyday situations change and bring new demands. Perception dictate a stressful situation or not. If we believe our available resources are greater than the demands of the situation then there will be no stress response that is activated. When we believe that our available resources are less than the demands of the situation that is when the stress begins. Brain takes care of stress by taking shortcuts. Our attention gets narrowed onto these errors. When stress is triggered it is typically followed by anxiety and fear. Nothing is inherently stressful (an exam is a stressor for you) Primary appraisal: what is at stake in a situation.
