PSY 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Key Type Stamp, Asian Americans, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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As any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to threaten one"s well-being and thereby tax one"s coping abilities. Stress is a part of everyday life. so much so that the term stress has become part of our colloquial speech. It is a noun (we have stress). it is an adjective (he has a stressful job). it is an adverb (she acts stressed). and it is a verb (writing a paper stresses me). Undeniably, stress is associated with overwhelming, traumatic crises such as bombings, floods, earthquakes, and nuclear accidents. Studies conducted in the aftermath of such traumas typically find elevated rates of psychological problems and physical illness in the affected communities. The experience of feeling threatened depends on what events you notice and. In discussing appraisals of stress, richard lazarus and susan folkman (1984) Primary appraisal is an initial evaluation of whether an event is (1) irrelevant to you, (2) relevant but not threatening, or (3) stressful.
