P3 - E.P. - Stressors in the Environment

Question 1

EVALUATION - Nature/Nurture

Answer 1

NATure - the environment that causes the stressors; less able to deal with them
NURture - we can change behaviour to deal with stressors

Question 2

EVALUATION - Free Will/Determinism

Answer 2

DETERminism - Environmenal Noise, e.g. Traffic = out of our control. Chronic Stressors - behaviour based off of past Trauma, not F.W.

Question 3

EVALUATION - Reductionism/Holism

Answer 3

REDuctionist - Black&Black doesn’t take into account that other factors can cause Stress

Question 4

EVALUATION - Individual/Situational

Answer 4

It is more situational because it is saying about all the factors of the environment that can cause stress and says that you are stressed because of the situation you are in.

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Question 12

EVALUATION - Mindfullness (GANS Study)

Answer 12

• Studied people w/Tinnitus (~10% of UK pop.)
• Mindfullness made participants more relieved from stress caused by Tinnitus
• “Perceptions of Chronic Tinitus changed, with participants noting that they had felt an increased tolerance, acceptance and courage to live with it, even after 12 monthds of completing the program”
• Only 7 Participants, Self Report - low Val.&Rel.
• Usefull (E.g. military veterans) & ethical