Study Unit 2.3 : Stress Management

Question 1

What is stress?

Answer 1

Stress is the totality of physical and psychological reactions on adverse and /or unpleasant stimuli like dangerous or persistent unpleasant stimuli

Question 2

What happens when a person is stressed?

Answer 2

In stressful situations, a person experience heightened emotional sensitivity and alertness
• Heart rate and breathing speed up, blood pressure increases, pupils dilate and digestion slows down