PSYC 2600 Chapter 18: PSYC2600 - Chapter 18

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2600
• Professor: Lorena Ruci

Document Summary

Subjective feeling produced by events perceived as uncontrollable and. Stressors events that lead to stress and have several common attributes threatening. Attributes of stressors: overwhelmed: extreme in some manner, in that stressors produce a state of feeling, produce opposing tendencies in us, such as wanting and not wanting some activity or object, perceive as uncontrollable. Major life events that are stressors can evoke stress. E. g. , death of a loved one, chronic illness, serious accident, assault of responding to stress. When we experience stress, our bodies and our minds have a particular way. According to health researchers stress is associated with additive effects. (i. e. , stress can build up over time). Psychological response to threat = interpretation or appraisal of event. Parasympathetic nervous system at rest focus on tasks such as digestion. Some can feel stressed and/or develop ptsd others may not. Positive and negative life events can be stressors. More likely develop serious illness following major life event over next year.