What Is Stress? - Edrolo Flashcards
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Distress
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A negative psychological response to a stressor, e.g., stress caused by bad news.
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Acculturative Stress
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The psychological impact that occurs when individuals have difficulty adjusting to a new culture. The change in culture does not have to be mass scale, it can be as small as adjusting to a new school.
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Eustress
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A positive psychological response to a stressor, e.g., stress caused by good news.
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Stress
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A state of psychological or physiological tension that occurs when a person’s ability to cope is strained or exceeded.
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Stress Reaction
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The combined psychological and physiological response to a stressor.
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Stressor
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A stimulus such as a person, object or event that causes stress.
