Stress

Question 1

Stressor

Answer 1

Stimulus or event that us appraised or perceived as being aversive

Question 2

Types of stressors - processive

Answer 2

Info processing, understand if somethings a threat, can be psychological or physical.

Question 3

Types of stressors - systemic

Answer 3

Biological system, can interpret a threat, silent attackers

Question 4

Types of stressors - psychogenic

Answer 4

Reflect innate challenges and instigate neurobiological changes that are distinguishable form those elicited by conditioned or learned stressors

Question 5

Types of stressors - neurogenic

Answer 5

Physical stressors (stubbing toe, broken to3, rheumatoid arthritis)

Question 6

Severity of a stressor

Answer 6

Difficult to compare severity but easy when it’s like parking ticket vs death of a fam

Question 7

Controllability

Answer 7

Having to make decisions is stressful, recent work says being in control of a stressor occurrence and termination is better

Question 8

Learned helplessness

Answer 8

Stressors for which animals have no control lead to severe behavioural impairments. ‘’Nothing I do matters”

Question 9

Severity, controllability and learned helplessness

Answer 9

Impact of stressors on psychological and physical well being is influenced by their predictability, uncertainty and ambiguity

Question 10

Daily hassles vs major life events

Answer 10

Major - death of a spouse, imprisonment, marriage
Daily hassles - noisy places, messy house, long drive to work