B1- STRESS Flashcards
What are the four causes of stress?
- Daily Hassles
- Life events
- Workplace
- Personality
What are daily hassles?
They are minor irritations that may occur in a day although they are not large scale they may disrupt our mood
Examples: Losing your key
How do you measure daily hassles?
-Using the Hassles scale
How are daily hassles and stress linked?
-Daily hassles threaten a persons health due to their continuity
-Hassles are stressful because we experience them directly
What are life events?
- They are significant changes in a persons life which disrupts their normal routine
-they lead to psychological adjustments to cope with the event - They can be both positive and negative
- An example may be death or pregnancy
How do you measure life events?
- Social readjustment rating scale (SRRS)
How are life events and stress linked?
- Life events can take a large psychological toll on a person
- It all depends on the individuals perceived ability to cope
-They are stressful because the individual has to use psychology energy to cope with this change
What are the two types of conflict an individual may face in the workplace?
- Intra-role conflict
- Inter-role conflict
Evaluation PRACTICAL USES (strength) of daily hassles and life events
-they allow people to assess their own life events and hassles which encourage openness and honesty instead of being face to face with a person they don’t know
3 stages for all addictions.
Initiation
Maintenance
Relapse
What is adrenaline?
It is a hormone produced by the adrenal glands as part of the body’s acute (immediate) stress response (fight or flight)
What are the 3 states of the stress response?
Stage 1- alarm reaction which is when the threat is recognised, the hypothalamus in the brain triggers the production of adrenaline for fight or flight
Stage 2- resistance which is when the threat ends the body functions like normal but if the stressor continues the immune system becomes less effective
Stage 3- exhaustion
What two approaches can explain smoking ?
Learning approach and Cognitive approach
Why might people drink using the cognitive approach?
They may be a form of self soothing for past trauma
What two approaches can explain alcohol?
Cognitive and learning approach
What are the two approaches to explain gambling?
Cognitive and learning approach
What are the two approaches of shopping?
Learning approach and cognitive approach
