PSYC 241 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Coronary Artery Disease, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Explanatory Style
12 Mar 2014
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Potentially stressful event: 3) pursuit of happiness and life satisfaction. What causes stress: stressors: any source of stress. Microstressors: hassles of everyday life: microstressors are hassles such as loud noise, extreme heat or cold, gas prices, waiting in lines, losing objects, and bad work days. The accumulation of daily hassles contribute more to illness than do major life events: burn out: prolonged response to occupational stress characterized by emotional exhaustion, cynicism, disengagement, and lack of personal accomplishment. How does stress affect the body: hans selye: noticed patients with similar symptoms, which he reproduced by exposing lab rats to various stressors. These stressors produced similar physiological responses: enlarged adrenal glands, shrunken lymph nodes, and stomach ulcers. The general adaptation syndrome: general adaptation syndrome: a three-stage process by which the body responds to stress, 1) alarm: initiation recognition of threat sparks physiological arousal.
