BUS3 160 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Time Management, Martin Seligman, Distributive Justice
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An individual physiological, behavioral, and psychological response to perceived challenges and threats in the environment. One can experience stress anytime they are put in the position of having to adapt or change. The three stages that individuals go through when they respond to stressors and try to adapt to them. When people are stressed, the brain sets off a type of emergency signal to the nervous and endocrine (hormonal) systems. Known as the fight-or-flight response, which is the starting point for stress. Resistance: occurs when the person fights the threat: countershock phase in which the body"s physical and psychological defenses are mobilized. Exhaustion: results from long-term exposure to stressors continuous and unsuccessful resistance to stressors wear down the individual a. Stress can lead to behavior that interferes with our relationships with others. We can become irritable, less patient, angry, or withdrawn we might lash out at others or react out of proportion to the situation.