PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Psychoneuroimmunology, Coronary Artery Disease, Type A And Type B Personality Theory
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Stress refers to any circumstances that can threaten or are perceived to threaten one"s well-being and thereby tax one"s coping abilities. Stress is subjective; can include: sudden traumatic experiences, continuing pressures that seem uncontrollable or small irritations that wear you down. Most stress comes from a series of little stressors, or daily hassles. Stress reactions to hassles may predict one"s stress reaction toward major life event. Daily hassles: everyday annoyances that contribute to higher levels o stress (micro-stressors) Acute stressors: threatening events that have a relatively short duration and a clear endpoint. Chronic stressors: threatening events that have a relatively long duration and no readily apparent time limit. (they can keep going; it"s a day-to-day thing. Primary appraisal: an initial evaluation of whether an event is: irrelevant to you, relevant but not threatening, or (it"s relevant but not too important, stressful: if we"ve decided that the vent is stressful we go through:
