Stress

• Stress -> Emotional and physical response to situations of threat.
• Stressors -> Threats that create stress. Physical stressors (environmental), e.g. temperature, noise. Psychological stressors, e.g. life events and daily hassles.
• The physiological stress response -> Emotion you experience when a stressor occurs.
• Perceived ability to cope -> People react differently to the same stressors. Stress occurs when perceived demands of environment are greater than perceived ability to cope. Response affected by our perception of internal (e.g. resilience) and external (e.g. social support) coping resources.