stress and work life balance

Question 1

stressful events are linked to a wide range of ______ problems

Answer 1

health

Question 2

define a stressor

Answer 2

any external or internal stimulus, event, or situation that places a demand on an individual, challenging their ability to cope and adapt.

Question 3

what is caused by a stressor

Answer 3

a stress response, a series of behavioural, emotional and biological changes aimed at maintaining organisms well being.

Question 4

______ that exist can be fairly pronounced and one person’s poison is another person’s meat

Answer 4

individual differences

Question 5

their is enormous ____________ regarding the degree to which stressors can affect diff people and what constitutes a stressor may be highly ______-.

Answer 5

variability
subjective

Question 6

name some type of stressors?

Answer 6

processive stressors
systemic stressor
psychogenic stressors
neurogenic stressors

Question 7

define processive stressors

Answer 7

involves information processing
tryna understand if something is stress

Question 8

processive stressors can be _______ or _______.

Answer 8

psychological or physical ex burns

Question 9

systemic error is insult to our __________

Answer 9

biological system

Question 10

what are systemic errors

Answer 10

such stressors, upon encounter we might not be conscious of them

Question 11

systemic errors are also know as

Answer 11

silent insiduous errors

Question 12

example of systemic errors

Answer 12

change in glucose concentrations in blood(diabetics), inflammation in the body and immune activation

Question 13

in what ways does the body react to systemic errors?

Answer 13

fatigue, achenes with flu that makes us rest.

Question 14

define psychogenic stressor

Answer 14

reflect inner challenges and instigate neurobiological changes that are distinguishable from those obtained by conditioned or learned stressors.

Question 15

psychogenic and _______ stressors may elicit similar outcomes in some respect but have several diff __________.

Answer 15

neurogenic, characteristics

Question 16

example of psychogenic stressor?

Answer 16

experiencing the death of a loved one, or caring for a chronically ill person

Question 17

define neurogenic stressors

Answer 17

physical stressors such as :
stubbing your toe, broken toe, rheumatoid arthritis

Question 18

____________ stressors typically do not appear in isolation from psychogenic stressors.

Answer 18

neurogenic

Question 19

intense neurogenic stressors call upon an incredible portion of a person’s ___________ and _________ resources.

Answer 19

psychological and physiological

Question 20

can severity of a stressor be compared

Answer 20

it is often difficult as in death of a child or parent, dealing with illness
but there are differences in death of a child or parent vs getting parking ticket

Question 21

what idea did studies in the 50s and the recent works had about controllability

Answer 21

studies in 50s suggested that being in control of making decision is stressful and recent work suggest that being in control over stressor occurrence and termination is better

Question 22

why the notion about having one’s control on destiny is important

Answer 22

it is important to determine that psychological health has been around for a long time.

Question 23

what is learned helplessness

Answer 23

stressors for which animals have no control lead to severe behavioural impairments-would just passively accept a future foot shock even though they could escape
“nothing I do matters”

Question 24

what are the impact of stressors on psychological and physical well being is influenced?

Answer 24

predictability
uncertainity
ambiguity
ex taxes are due, Paris attacks

Question 25

what advice did St. Benedict gave his followers in 5the century?

Answer 25

all of them to pause, called them wretched weaklings and asked them to take stalk of their miserable existence

Question 26

What thorny issue is being addressed by nigel marsh?

Answer 26

Work life balance

Question 27

what are the 4 observations of work life balance of Nigel marsh?

Answer 27

1. so much rubbish about work-life balance, flexi down, paternity leave, dress- down Fridays only serve to mask the core issue 2.to face the truth-govt and corporations are not going to change our life solve the issue for us, we need to do for us. 3. to be careful with the time frame(elongate) we choose upon which we judge our balance. 4.we need to approach balance in a balanced way(attend all areas like emotional, spiritual, intellectual not just physical).

Question 28

what is the core issue according to Nigel marsh which is being masked by rubbish talks and useless step towards work-life balance?

Answer 28

certain job and career choices being fundamentally incompatible.

Question 29

what does Nigel marsh refers to the commercial corporations as ?

Answer 29

abattoirs of the human soul

Question 30

what does being balanced mean to Nigel marsh?

Answer 30

small things matter, being more balanced does not mean dramatic upheaval in one's life, smallest investments in right places it can radically transform the quality of relationships and life , can transform society.

Question 31

what is the society's definition of success

Answer 31

the person with the most money when he dies wins

Question 32

what are the health consequences from major life events(stressors) have diff unit values?

Answer 32

150- only slight risk of illness 150-299+ - risk of illness is moderate 300+ -high risk of illness

Question 33

more _______ the stressor more profound the consequences.

Answer 33

intense

Question 34

what can small increases in hassles result in?

Answer 34

individual being more prone to illness, mood disturbances

Question 35

what is the relation between daily hassles and pathology

Answer 35

depression, irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes

Question 36

according to the former publication of hassles and uplifts, hassles are related to _____ well being.

Answer 36

poor

Question 37

illness varies as a function of Both _______ and ________.

Answer 37

severity, type of stressor

Question 38

_______ with near ones is a way of coping.

Answer 38

mutual whining

Question 39

what is a stress management procedure and its key precept?

Answer 39

mindful meditation(mindfulness) 'think in the moment' is the key percept

Question 40

what does mindfulness means

Answer 40

appraise the present without worrying about secondary issues and don't go into automatic negative response mood.

Question 41

what is the stress rate as per hassles?

Answer 41

Moderate stress- 1 or 2 daily hassles high stress- 3-6 daily hassles very high stress- more than 6 daily hassles

Question 42

what can a relationship where one can not count on the other affects person's health

Answer 42

early memory decline