Stress Coping Paradigm - Lazarus 1983

Question 0

According to the stress coping paradigm, what happens when confronted with a stimulus that is potentially stressful?

Answer 0

Primary appraisal and Secondary appraisal

Question 1

Who made the stress coping paradigm?

Answer 1

Lazarus 1983

Question 2

Primary Appraisal

Answer 2

• Person determines whether or not a stimulus is dangerous
• If stimulus is benign/positive/irrelevant then it is not a stressor
• Stressor: perceived to represent harm, loss or threat

Question 3

Secondary Appraisal

Answer 3

• Process about mastering the condition of harm or threat
• Several forms of doing this:
  - Seek info
  - Take direct action
  - Do nothing
  - Worry

Question 4

Importance of Stress Coping Paradigm?

Answer 4

Recognises that stimuli are not themselves stressful. Stress arises as a consequence of the cognitive thinking process which people bring to bear on a particular stimuli.