Chapter 11 Flashcards
Stress
Physical, emotional, cognitive, no behavioral responses to events that are appraised as the rearing or challenging
Stressors
Events that cause stress reaction
Distress
Effect of unpleasant and undesirable stressors
Eustress
Effect of positive effects
Positive events cause arousal a DN consume energy
Ie: vacation
Associated with optimal level of stress to promote accomplishment and health
Catastrophe
Hurricane, flood, tornado, wartime devastation
Most severe stressors
Holmes and Rahe Social readjustment rating scale
Record average levels of stress associated with different events
Stress correlates to illness
Cons: Many stressors not on list and same situation causes many different stress reaction per individual
Instructive but be aware of limits
Death high and career change low
CUSS
College undergraduate stress scale
Holmes and Rahe scale but for undergraduates
Richard Lazarus
Hassles scale
Effect of minor frustration on stress
Daily Hassled have greater impact that major changes on health and well-being
Daily hassles minimized by creative thinking (creative thought- 5% thinking)
Pressure
Urgent demands or expectations for a persons behavior coming from outside source
Greater demand, greater stress
More severe consequences, more stress
Uncontrollability
Need to have certain level of control over life and resources
Unpredictable stressors have severe negative impacts
Work to gain control
Lack can lead to over controlling - equally as bad
Frustration
Stress felt by blocking of desired goal or fulfillment of perceived need
Frustration aggression hypothesis
John Dollard and Neal Miller: when frustrated, more likely to agree
Leonard berkowitz: frustration causes “readiness to aggression”
Displaced aggression
Domino effect
Escape or withdrawal
Physical - leave setting
Psychological - fantasy or drug abuse
Approach - approach conflict
Choice between two desirable goals
Two good college
Avoidance - avoidance conflict
Choice between two undesirable goals
Rock and a hard place
Approach - avoidance conflict
Both positive and negative consequences to either choice but have to choose (one choice)
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