Chapter 11-stress Flashcards
Social readjustment rating scale
Stress is stress
Good stress nearly as stressful as bad stress
Death of a spouse is 100 life changing units
Stress is not caused by the situation
It is caused by the appraisal of the situation
-perception
If you perceive the situation as stressful, it will be
Distress
Bad stress
Worse for you
Eustress
Good stress
Nearly as stressful
200 LCU’s give what percent chance of catching a major illness
50%
300 LCU’s give what percent chance of catching a major illness
80%
4 types of conflict
-Kurt Lewin
Approach approach
Avoidance avoidance
Approach avoidance
Double approach avoidance
Approach approach conflict
Win-win situation
2 goals
-both desirable
Avoidance avoidance conflict
Lose-lose situation
2 goals
-both undesirable
Approach avoidance conflict
1 goal
Desirable goal with undesirable situation attached
Greatest of all conflict
Double approach avoidance conflict
2 goals
Desirable and undesirable situation for both goals
Type A personality
Perfectionist
Self imposed pressures and deadlines
-impatient
Anal compulsive
Road rage
Coronary prone
-heart attacks
Hostile/aggressive
Multitaskers
Type B personality
Mellow
Patient
Easy going
Opposite of type a personality
Leading cause of death in United States
Heart disease
Greatest stress reducer
Humor
People who laugh more have a lower rate of heart disease
