Upload
oliver-hancock
View
217
Download
0
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
ChrisNate
CortneyStacey
*Are you Winning at life?
Psychology 1100
Stacey , Cortney, Nate, Chris
*Stress and Coping
*What is stress?
*Stress is the body's reaction to a change that requires a physical, mental or emotional adjustment or response.
*Stress can come from any situation or thought that makes you feel frustrated, angry, nervous, or anxious.
*Stress is caused by an existing stress-causing factor or "stressor."
*Stressors
*Stressor:
*Stressors Major:
*Stressors Minor:
(pg 485)
*Stressors
*Stressor: any situation, event, experience, or other stimulus that causes a person to feel stressed
*Stressors Major:
*Stressors Minor:
(pg 485)
*Stressors
*Stressor: any situation, event, experience, or other stimulus that causes a person to feel stressed
*Stressors Major: Serious illness, unexpected job loss
*Stressors Minor:
(pg 485)
*Stressors
*Stressor: any situation, event, experience, or other stimulus that causes a person to feel stressed
*Stressors Major: Serious illness, unexpected job loss
*Stressors Minor: ongoing hassles such as daily commute, tests, homework, missing the bus
(pg 485)
*Stress and Health
*Stress and Health: Repeated stress may cause physical damage
*Hormonal reactions may eventually harm tissues and organs,
accelerating disease processes
(pg 486)
*Stress and Health
Stress and Health: *Stressors make the immune system
less efficient
(pg 486)
*Stress and Health
Stress and Health: *Stressors make the immune system
less efficient
* Stressors weaken the working memory
(pg 486)
*Stress and Health
Stress and Health: *Stressors make the immune system
less efficient
*Stressors weaken the working memory
*Stressors fray the temper and attitude
(pg 486)
*Stress and Health
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Emotional Signs
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Emotional Signs*Apathy
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Emotional Signs*Apathy
*Anxiety
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Emotional Signs*Apathy
*Anxiety
*Irritability
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Emotional Signs*Apathy
*Anxiety
*Irritability
*Mental fatigue
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Emotional Signs*Apathy
*Anxiety
*Irritability
*Mental fatigue
*Overcompensation or denial grandiosity
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Behavioral Signs
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Behavioral Signs*Avoiding things
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Behavioral Signs*Avoiding things
*Doing things to extremes
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Behavioral Signs*Avoiding things
*Doing things to extremes
*Administrative problems
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Behavioral Signs*Avoiding things
*Doing things to extremes
*Administrative problems
*Legal problems
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Physical Signs
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Physical Signs*Excessive worrying about, or denial of illness
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Physical Signs*Excessive worrying about, or denial of illness
*Frequent illness
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Physical Signs*Excessive worrying about, or denial of illness
*Frequent illness
*Physical exhaustion
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Physical Signs*Excessive worrying about, or denial of illness
*Frequent illness
*Physical exhaustion
*Reliance of self medication
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Physical Signs*Excessive worrying about, or denial of illness
*Frequent illness
*Physical exhaustion
*Reliance of self medication
*Muscle tension
* Early Warning Signsof Stress
Physical Signs*Excessive worrying about, or denial of illness
*Frequent illness
*Physical exhaustion
*Reliance of self medication
*Muscle tension
*Ailments
*Stressors
*Allostatic Load: term used for the total burden on a person’s body from all stressors experienced,
both:
*Allostastis:
*Hypothalmus:
*Stressors
*Allostatic Load: term used for the total burden on a person’s body from all stressors experienced,
both:
physical (such as obesity)
psychological (such as divorce)
*Allostastis:
*Hypothalmus:
*Stressors
*Allostatic Load: term used for the total burden on a person’s body from all stressors experienced,
both:
physical (such as obesity)
psychological (such as divorce)
*Allostastis: is the ability to maintain stability through change; connected to homeostasis.
*Hypothalmus:
*Stressors
*Allostatic Load: term used for the total burden on a person’s body from all stressors experienced,
both:
physical (such as obesity)
psychological (such as divorce)
*Allostastis: is the ability to maintain stability through change; connected to homeostasis.
*Hypothalmus: reacts to stressors by triggering the release of hormones that protect the body by helping it
to adapt, and overcome the problem
*Stress Management
Four “A’s”
*Stress Management
Four “A’s”
*Avoid
*Stress Management
Four “A’s”
*Avoid
*Alter
*Stress Management
Four “A’s”
*Avoid
*Alter
*Adapt
*Stress Management
Four “A’s”
*Avoid
*Alter
*Adapt
*Accept
*Gender affects response
Problem Focused coping(men)
VS
Emotion Focused coping(Women)
*Gender Differences
Men Men are inclined to be problem-focused,
reacting in a flight or fight manner.
*Gender Differences
Men Men are inclined to be problem-focused,
reacting in a flight or fight manner.
*Faster heart rate, increased adrenaline prepares them for attack or escape
*Gender Differences
Men Men are inclined to be problem-focused,
reacting in a flight or fight manner.
*Faster heart rate, increased adrenaline prepares them for attack or escape
*Testosterone level rises when they attack a problem and decreases when they fail
*Gender Differences
Women Women are more emotion-focused, likely to
tend and befriend.
*Gender Differences
Women Women are more emotion-focused, likely to
tend and befriend.*Seek the company of other people when they are under
pressure
*Gender Differences
Women Women are more emotion-focused, likely to
tend and befriend.*Seek the company of other people when they are under
pressure
*Produce Oxytocin, a hormone that leads them to see confidential and caring relationships
*Coping
Unhealthy ways to cope
vs
Healthy ways to cope
Ask yourself…
Is it worth dying for?
Remember, nurturing yourself is a necessity not a luxury.
*Test Question!
*Stress is the body's reaction to a change that requires a _______, _______ or ________ adjustment or response
*physical, mental, emotional