Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Stimulus Control, Parasympathetic Nervous System, Homeostasis

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Stress is viewed in three ways: as a stimulus, as response: Stressors: eliciting stimulus or event that place strong demands on us. Stress as a stimulus when we are making decisions (ex. there"s all this stress in my life) Stress as a response when there is a presence of negative emotions (ex. I"m all stressed out : as an organism-environment interaction: Viewed as a person situation interaction (a transaction) Stress: a pattern of cognitive appraisals, physiological response, and behavioural tendencies that occurs in response to a perceived imbalance between situational demands and the resources needed to cope with them. Any specific kind of eliciting stimulus (physical or psychological); place demands and danger our well being. The greater the imbalance between demands and resources, the more stressful a situation is. Events in which we have little or no control, happen unexpectedly, and impact us over a long period of time have the greatest impact.