HRM 3400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Positive Action, Type A And Type B Personality Theory, Blood Pressure

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3400
• Professor: Gary Blake

Document Summary

Destructive force cause illness or injury (overwhelmed by too much stress) Body"s reaction (physical/mental/emotional) to change, conditions, & demands that affect people. Stress from anticipation or imagining a change. Everyone has tolerance to change (some experience low tolerance, get stressed faster) Can be triggered from (+) or (-) events in life. External stressors, env"t, emotional stressors, illness, push body too hard, chemical dependency. (+); challenge us to act in creative or resourceful ways. Too little stress bad as we need stress as motivation for our best. Effects you in way seems as harmful. Enough stress to motivate you to achieve. Not overload that will cause harm in your life & health. Dealing effectively with symptoms and causes of stress. Stressors- external forces & events to people decisions and behaviour that affects your life. Stress response- interrelationship between stress (cause of stress) and stress response (effect it has on you)