Biology 4611F/G Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Protein Kinase C, Adrenal Gland
23 Jul 2015
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Learning outcomes: describe the nature of stress, including the work of holmes and rahe (1967) and their social. Stress viewed in 3 different ways: stimulus: events that place strong demands (stressor, response: cognitive, behavioural and physical response with negative emotions. Combination of both: person-situation/ transaction model: stress: combination of cogntitive appraisal, physiological response and behavioural tendency, response to imbalance between situational demand and resources available to deal with the. Appraisal steps (lazarus: primary appraisal: appraisal of demands, benign, neutral or threatening difficulty/ significance for well being, secondary appraisal: appraisal of resources, perceived ability to cope with the situation knowledge, abilities, social support. If demands> resources high stress situation: consequence of situation, consequences of failing to cope seriousness/ likeliness, personal meaning: what the outcome means to us, perception of ourselves and world set of personal standards. Distortions/ mistakes may happen at every step to increase stress.
