KIN 360 Study Guide - Final Guide: Allostatic Load, Sympathetic Nervous System, Endocrine System
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Acute stress paradigm: people performing stressful tasks become psychologically distressed and show physiological arousal. Primary appraisal (of stressors: understanding what an event is and what it will mean (what impact it will have on your life, events are appraised for their harm, threat, or challenge. If you realize it won"t cause harm or be much of a challenge, your primary appraisal will tell you not to stress very much over it. Individual differences and choice are not considered: death of a spouse is not a choice, divorce normally is a choice. Stress definition: negative emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological, cognitive, and behavioral changes, aimed at altering the stressful event or accommodating to its effects. Stressors: events that cause stress, chronic and acute stressors, unemployment, car accident, school, kids, appraisal of stressors, primary, secondary, person-environment fit appraisal, person-environment fit-results from the process of appraising events, assessing potential resources, and responding to the events.
