Stress And Coping Mechanisms

Question 1

Stress

Answer 1

Feeling of being under too much pressure ( mental or emotional)
- pressure turns to stress when unable to cope
- the unwanted outcome of too much pressure

Question 2

Pressure

Answer 2

The demands or challenges facing people

Question 3

Anxiety

Answer 3

Feeling of worry, nervousness or unease about something with uncertain outcome

Question 4

Drive theory

Answer 4

A drive is an ‘excitatory state produced by a homeostatic disturbance’ an instinctual need that has the power of driving the behaviour of an individual

Question 5

Inverted-U hypothesis

Answer 5

An alternative to drive theory. Predicts a relationship between arousal and performance that approx to an inverted U shape.
As arrousal is increased performance improves but up to a certain point