PSYC 2600 Lecture Notes - Major Depressive Episode, Tracy Mann, Health Promotion
8 Apr 2014
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We"re going to talk about stress foundational clarification. Then we"ll zero in on personality how it connects with our response to stress. *objective biography: those parts of your personal biography, happened specifically to you. This differs from socio-cultural (all of us subject), characteristics to the situation (we all have typical responses) *objective biography: unique things that happen to you specifically it stands alone, does not fit with the content of our six domains. What is stress: internal, subjective feeling that"s produced by external events. Stressor: the thing causing the stress: common attributes (ex. Perception of it being uncontrollable, threatening to our goals) Stressors avoid something else: perceived as uncontrollable* Things in our life: external: environmental, social, interpersonal, organizational, life events, daily hassles, internal: personality, cognitive factors that exacerbate/contribute to/create stress. Life choices, activities we engage in, negative self-talk, thought patterns, Major life events are immensely stressful, but they don"t occur that often.
