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Source of Stress Chapter 10 - Psychology |, Study notes of Psychology

Material Type: Notes; Class: Psychology; Subject: Psychology; University: St. Johns River Community College; Term: Forever 1989;

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Chapter 10
I. Source of Stress
A. Holmes and Rahe’s Social
Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)
1. SRSS correlated with health
2. SRSS does not take into account
coping
B. Daily Hassles and Uplifts
1. Lazarus believes daily hassles are
more stressful than main life events
2. Kanner developed the Hassles scale
3. Uplifts
C. Making Choices
1. Approach-approach conflict
2. Avoidance-avoidance conflict
3. Approach-avoidance conflict
D. Unpredictability and lack of control
1. Sense of control over our lives
2. Less subject to stress when we have
the power to do something about it
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Chapter 10 I. Source of Stress A. Holmes and Rahe’s Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)

  1. SRSS correlated with health
  2. SRSS does not take into account coping B. Daily Hassles and Uplifts
  3. Lazarus believes daily hassles are more stressful than main life events
  4. Kanner developed the Hassles scale
  5. Uplifts C. Making Choices
  6. Approach-approach conflict
  7. Avoidance-avoidance conflict
  8. Approach-avoidance conflict D. Unpredictability and lack of control
  9. Sense of control over our lives
  10. Less subject to stress when we have the power to do something about it

E. Stress in the workplace

  1. Albrecht’s 9 variables p 313 F. Catastrophic Events
  2. PTSD
  3. Survivor guilt G. Racism and Stress
  4. May experience stress being only one or few of race in a classroom, at work, or some other setting
  5. Historical racism
  6. High blood pressure-racism II. Responding to Stress A. Selye and the General Adaption Syndrome
  7. Hans Selye established the field of stress research
  8. General adaption syndrome a. Alarm stage-glucocorticoids b. Resistance stage c. Exhaustion

B. Coronary Heart Disease

  1. Modifiable factors
  2. Genetics
  3. Job stress
  4. Blood platelets release substance that promotes plaque buildup
  5. Personality types a. Type A b. Type B C. Cancer
  6. Lifestyle can affect development of cancer
  7. Social support D. Immune system and stress
  8. Lymphocytes –white blood cells a. B cells- bone marrow b. T cells-Thymus gland
  9. Psychoneuroimmunology
  10. Stress can suppress immune system

E. Personal Factors Reducing the Impact of Stress and Illness

  1. Optimism
  2. Hardiness a. Commitment b. Control c. Challenge
  3. Religious faith
  4. Social support F. Gender, Ethnicity, and Health
  5. Women mortality rate higher than men after heart surgery
  6. Physicians more likely to see women’s health concerns as emotional
  7. Differences across Ethnic lines

D. Exercise

  1. 30% of Americans get no exercise at all
  2. Aerobic Exercise E. Alternative Medicine
  3. Acupuncture
  4. Taking some vitamins