Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Asthma, Hans Selye, Alan Alda

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

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The nature of stress (apa goals 1, 8: describe the nature of stress and discuss how common it is, distinguish between primary and secondary appraisal of stress. Explain how culture and ethnicity are related to stress. Summarize evidence on life change as a form of stress. List three categories of negative emotions commonly elicited by stress: discuss the role of positive emotions in the stress process. The potential effects of stress (apa goals 1, 4) Factors influencing stress tolerance (apa goal 1, 4) Explain how social support moderates the impact of stress: describe the hardiness syndrome and how it influences stress tolerance, clarify how optimism is related to stress tolerance, describe the potential problem of unrealistic optimism. Application: monitoring your stress (apa goals 3, 4, 9) Explain why traits cannot be target behaviors in self-modification programs. Identify the three kinds of information you should pursue in gathering your baseline data.