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STRESS + STRESSORS CH 3, PART A (APPROACH IN THREE WAYS (process…

- - - - person can actively change impact of the stress process using behavioural, emotional and cognitive strategies
        
        ppl differ in amnt of stress in response to the same stressor
- - - - THREE IMPLICATIONS IF STRESSFUL
        
        1. HARM-LOSS:
        + amount of damage that has already occurred
        
        2. THREAT:
        + expectation of future harm
        
        3. CHALLENGE:
        
        opportunity to achieve growth, mastery, profit by using more than usual resources to meet a demand
  - - - ex. 'i can do it with help', 'i can do it if i work hard', 'no problem i can do it'
- - - - reactivity -- phys. portion of response to a stressor
        
        sympathetic nervous system + endrocrine nervous system cause arousal -- researchers measure by comparison against baseline/resting level of aoursal
        
        influenced by GENETICS
        
        ppl under chronic stress often show heightened reactivity when stressor occurs, arousal takes more time to return to basline