What Is Stress - My Notes

Question 1

What can cause stress

Answer 1

Daily pressures
Life events
Acculturative stress
Community catastrophes such as a natural disaster

Question 2

Two categories of stress reactions

Answer 2

Physiological - GAS FFF HPA

psychological - Lazarus and folkman transactional model

Question 3

Physiological

Answer 3

Skin rashes 
Headaches
Colds/flu
Heart attack
Stomach ulcers

Question 4

3 categories of psychological stress reactions and name two examples from each category

Answer 4

Behavioural - changes to eating habits, changes to sleep

Emotional - irritability, aggression

Cognitive - decreased concentration, memory impairment

Question 5

The relationship between stress and illness

Answer 5

Stress does not cause illness however the severity and length of the stress can lead to illness being more likely that. People who are stressed are more susceptible to a range of health concerns. A psychosomatic illness is one that has physiological symptoms due to psychological factors such as getting a cold at the start of school holidays. Exhaustion stage, stress is over, body weak from prolonged cortisol release, links with GAS.