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level: Nature, Type & Sources of Stress

Questions and Answers List

pg 51 to pg 57

level questions: Nature, Type & Sources of Stress

QuestionAnswer
The term used to describe the level of stress that is good for you and is a good asset for achieving peak performance and managing minor crisisEustress
Manifestation of stress that causes body's wear and tearDistress
The pattern of responses an organism makes to a stimulus. event that disturbs the equilibrium and exceeds a person's ability to copeStress
Events that cause our body to give the stress responseStressors
The non-specific response of a body to any demandHans Selye definition of stress
Cognitive Theory of StressBy Lazarus and his colleagues
Perception of a new or changing environment as positive, neutral or negative in its consequencesPrimary Appraisal
Assessment of the damage that has already been done by the eventHarm
Assessment of the possible future damage that may be brought by the eventThreat
Associated with confident expectations about ability to cope with the stressful event, the potential to overcome and and even profit from the eventChallenge
Assessment of one's coping abilities and resources and whether they will be enough to meet the challenge, harm or threatSecondary Appraisal
Past experience and controllabilityFactors influencing appraisal
Demands that change the state of our bodyPhysical stresses
Aspects of our surroundings that are often unavoidable or are catastrophic eventsEnvironmental stresses
Those that we generate ourselves in our mindPsychological stresses
This results from blocking of needs and desires by something or someone that hinders us from achieving a desired goalFrustration
These may occur between two or more incompatible needs or motivesConflicts
Stem form beliefs based upon expectations from inside us to ourselvesInternal pressure
These may be brought about from people who make excessive demands on usSocial pressure
These are induced externally and result from our interaction with other peopleSocial stress
Personal stressed that we endure as individuals due to happenings in our daily lifeHassles
These include being involved in a variety of extreme events like fire, accident, war etcTraumatic events