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Psychology 1010- Group Project
What is stess?
Causes of Stress
Personal events that affect the
comfortable pattern such as;
Divorce
Job loss
Finals week
Difficulties in relationships
Loss of a close friend/family
member
Chronic Stressors
Sources of stress that occur continuously or repeatedly.
Discrimination
Bullying
Overworking
Money Struggles
Flight or Fight
Walter Cannon (1929)
Fight or Flight Response: an emotional and physiological reaction to an emergency
that increases readiness for action.
Physiological (HPA)
Hypothalamus
Pituitary Gland releases adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Adrenal Gland
The HPA response makes oxygen and cortisol available to the muscles to aid in
attack or escape
Cardiovascular Health
Chronic stress leads to a greater
likelihood of coronary heart disease,
stroke, aneurysm.
Type A behavior pattern: (Friedman
and Rosenman) a tendency to easily
aroused hostility, impatience, a sense
of time urgency, and competitive
achievement strivings.
Psychological Reactions
Stress Interpretation
Primary Appraisal: Is this stimulus
stressful?
Secondary Appraisal: Can I conquer
this stressor?
Threat Vs.Challenge - The body reacts
differently depending on if you view
something as a threat or a challenge.
Psychological Reactions
Stress Management
Stress Management is ways to relieve stress by managing your mind, body and
ways to sidestep by managing your situation.
Mind Management
Body Management
Situation Management
Mind Management
Mind Management is a way to control our mind.
Repressive Coping
Rational Coping
Reframing
Finding a new or creative way to think about a stressor that reduces its threat.
Body Management
Stress can express itself through bodily symptoms such as tension in your neck
muscles, back pain, a knot in your stomach or sweaty hands.
Meditation
Relaxation
Body Management
Biofeedback
The use of an external monitoring device to obtain information about a bodily function and
possibly gain control over that function.
Aerobic Exercise
Exercise that increases heart rate and oxygen intake for sustained period.
Situation Management
Situation Management involves changing your life situation as a way of reducing
the impact of stress on your mind and body.
Social Support
Religious Experiences
Humor
Health-impairing behavior
smoking
24% of adult men and 18% adult women in the U.S smoke regularly, and have
a much greater risk of premature death.
Estimate 13-14 life expectancy shorter than of nonsmokers
Likelihood of developing a large range of diseases, lung cancer and heart
disease kill the largest number of smokers
Lack of excercise
Fitness can reduce one's risk for a variety of obesity-related health problem,
such as diabetes and respiratory problems.
Exercise can diminish chronic inflammation, which contribute to a variety of
diseases.
Exercise can be used as a buffer to reduce physical effects of stress
Mantra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H50llsHm3k
Test Question
T/F Lymphocytes are white blood cells that produce antibodies to fight infection