PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sympathetic Nervous System, Psychoneuroimmunology, Eustress
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Stressors: stress causing events that come from external or internal sources mild to severe negative events cause distress positive events cause eustress. Stress: physical emotional, cognitive, and behavioral response to events that are appraised as threatening or challenging optimal level of stress needed for healthy adaptation and well-being external stress can be catastrophes, major life changes, and daily hassles. Uncontrollability: lower sense of control associated with greater stress. Frustration: due to external or internal factors and cause various responses persistence aggression escape/withdrawal. Psychological stressors are usually associated withe external events. The sequence of physiological reactions the body goes through when adapting to a stressor. Resistance: continued activation of sympathetic activity until organisms"s resources are depleted. Exhaustion: prolonged stress response coupled with depleted resources can lead to stress-related disease or death of the organism. If stressor is stopped, parasympathetic division is activated and body attempts to replenish resources.
