PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Positive Force, Unconscious Mind, Anger Management
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Psy100 lecture 15 - stress, coping, and health. Stress: a state that impairs our ability to respond to internal and external demands. Stress is a stimulus e. g. , catastrophies, life events, circumstances. Stress is a response (physiological and psychological) Stress is a process (relationship between person and environment) Something is only stressful if you tell yourself it is (perception) Modern views of stress: richard lazarus: stress is a transaction between a person and their environment. Primary appraisal: person evaluates situations as benign or stressful. Secondary appraisal: person decides how to deal with stress: lazarus identifies three types of stress: Loss: person loses a loved one or a possession. Your imagination thinking what can go wrong in the future. Appraisal of stress: we can influence the impact of a stressor, behaviorally e. g. , drug use vs. relaxation, cognitively e. g. , denial vs. cognitive restructuring, emotionally e. g. , hopelessness vs. optimism.
