Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Acculturation, Relationship Marketing, Dont

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: John Campbell

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Stress is any circumstance that threatens or is perceived to threaten one"s well-being and thereby tax one"s coping abilities: stress is a common, everyday event. If viewed as stressful, we make a secondary appraisal an evaluation of our ability to cope and options for dealing with the stress: peoples appraisals of stressful events alter the impact of the events themselves. Figure 3. 2 primary and secondary appraisal of stress. Primary appraisal is an initial evaluation of whether an event is (1) irrelevant to you, (2) relevant, but not threatening, or (3) stressful. Produce ive moods and increase levels of stress. Failures and losses are two common kinds of significant stress. When people feel troubled by ambient stress, its usually due to frustration. Frustration in workplace often results in job insecurity and burnout (a specific effect of stress: internal conflict occurs when two or more incompatible motivations or behavioral impulses compete for expression.