Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cardiovascular Disease, Cotton Swab, Chipperfield

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Maxwell

Document Summary

Has ben defined different in psychologically and medical literature. Two of the most historically frequent definitions of defining stress. Stress as stimulus: lazarus & folkman: outcome of a person"s appraisal that a situation is/will tax/exceed resources and threaten well-being. Stress as response: hans seyle: non-specific mental or somatic results of any demand upon the body. Contemporary researchers: a stimulus-response transaction in which one feels threatened or experiences loss, any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to threaten one"s well-being and thereby tax one"s coping abilities, mix of the two. Research on stress suffered because different researchers used different definitions: this lead to - different studies that show different results of stress or different things cause stress. It can add up1: enough daily hassle with 1-2 major events can lead to negative consequences, but you do not need just major events to make you stressed.