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Psy 103 Stress Notes
- Course
- PSY 103
- Institution
- University Of Rhode Island
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● Stress is common and everyday● Stress is subjective not everyone feels the same degree of stress from the same event
○ The difference may depend on how we appraise events
○ We first make a primary appraisal or initial evaluation of the relevance, level of
threat, and degree of stress the event brings
○ If viewed as stressful, we make a secondary appraisal, or an evaluation
● Stress may be embedded in the environment
○ Ambient stress- refers to chronic negative conditions embedded in the
environment
○ Variety of types of environmental stress
● Stress is influenced by culture
○ Culture sets the context in which people experience and appraise stress
○ Disparities in the stressors experienced by specific cultural groups
■ Racial discrimination negatively affects the mental health and well-being
for targets of racism
■ What is acculturation? The process by which an individual or group
adopts the practices and values of one culture while still retaining their
own culture of origin
● There are three basic categories
○ Acute stressors: threatening events that have a relatively short duration and a
clear endpoint
○ Chronic stressors- “threatening events that have a relatively long duration and no
readily apparent time limit”
○ Anticipatory stressors- upcoming or future events that are perceived to be
threatening
● Other categories
○ Frustration- occurs in any situation in which th
● Emotional Responses
● Stress can also prompt positive emotional responses:
● Gratitude
● Renewed love for family and friends
● Positive Emotions
○ Contribute to building social, intellectual, and physical resources that can be
helpful in dealing with stress
○ Allow one to experience flourishing mental health
● Strong emotions may hamper or enhance our ability to cope with stress, depending on
our level of arousal and the task complexity
● Physiological Responses
○ The fight or flight response is a physiological reaction to threat that mobilizes an
organism for attacking or fleeing an enemy
● The ANS is broken into two divisions:
○ Sympathetic division mobilizes energy during emergencies, engages the fight or
flight response
● Hans Seyle’s general; adaptation syndrome is a model of the body’s stress response,
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