Mastering The World Of Psychology: A Psychological Analysis

Stress affects health in a number of ways. It is defined by James (2011) as pressure or tension that comes in many shapes and forms and furthermore the body and mind in particular reacts psychologically and even emotionally.

When reading Chapter eleven titled Stress and Health Psychology, I couldn’t help but notice all the useful information noted on the pages dealing with the stress levels and health of ourselves and our peers. One piece of information that I already knew prior to this reading was how some particular changes or environmental demands can affect the way you feel, negatively, causing you to become overwhelmed and stressed; a stressor. I believe that you can develop stress from almost anything. According to Morris and Maisto (2016) you can, “Stress is not limited, however, to dangerous or unpleasant situations. Even everyday events or good things can also cause stress, because they necessitate a change or adaption” (p.386). Meaning you can lose a

Stress is a very popular concept about which there is still a lot of controversy. '' Stress as an adaptive response, moderated by individual differences, that is a consequence of any action, situation, or event that places special demands on a person '' (Ivancevich, page 214). We say that a person is subjected to a stress situation when he has to face environmental demands that exceed his resources, so that the subject perceives that he cannot give them an effective response, which causes an increase in the activation of the organism. However, stress is not always a bad thing, since in many cases the stress response puts a number of exceptional resources at the disposal of the person, fostering a better perception of the situation, a better search for solutions and a better selection of answers to deal with the situation that has caused it.

Stress is a reaction to a situation when presented with a challenge, everyone experiences stress at some point. “Stress can lead to emotional, psychological and even physical problems - including heart disease, high blood pressure, chest pains or irregular heartbeats.” (Nahrendorf) While its effects vary the overall three main effects occur from stress being mental instability, eating habits, and the body physically.

Stress is the reaction of the body to changes and other demands which requires the body’s physical adaptation. (Werner, 2011:232). In other words, stress comes as result of limitations and demands (Robbins, Odendaal & Roodt, 2003, p420) and it incorporates the interaction between an individual and their environment. (Robbins, Odendaal & Roodt, 2003:420). McGrath (1976) cited by Kellogg(2006:40) pointed out that stress is the response to

Stress is a frequently common problem that affects almost everybody at certain points in their lives. Stress refers to the way a human body responds to any kind of demand or threat. When one feels threatened, the body nervous system actively responds by releasing adrenaline and cortisol hormones, which help the body get ready and prepared for an emergency action. Stress sometimes could be helpful since it instigates faster reactions from individuals (Hellhammer et al., 2008). It can also enable people work out responsive duties. This only occurs when the stress suffered falls within an individual’s comfort. However, on the contrary, most occurring stresses that people face fall beyond their comfort zones causing major damages to the body

Everyone has felt stress in their life in one way or another. There are many things that attribute as stressors in our lives; work, family,

Mental stress is a common feature of modern life and can change behaviours that affect health, such as physical activity, smoking or food choice.

“Stress is a state of mental, emotional strain, or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.” (Webster) Stress can be explained as when people are experiencing difficulties in handling situations that they are lacking abilities or knowledge on how to deal with. Stress is the body’s way of responding to a demand or threat. These situations that cause stress are called stressors. Some stressors can be a death of a loved one, divorce, and other physically and mentally demanding situations. When we are feeling stressed the heart beats faster, pupils dilate, muscles tense up, and the body releases adrenaline. Stress can be good or bad. Stress can be a positive reinforcement causing people to be aware of surroundings and circumstances. Stress can also be helpful, in certain situations it can give someone a little “push” by giving energy or alertness. There are two main different types of stress that have different causes and effects, which are called eustress and distress.

Stress is an anticipated feeling someone gets when they get into any trouble or difficulty. The human body reacts physically to any stressor that comes across. For example, our body has two important systems that play a role — sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic system. The parasympathetic system is known as a “rest and digest” response in which hormones send adrenaline and other transmitters to your body. On the other hand, the sympathetic nervous system is known as a “fight or flight” response in which it uses that adrenaline in order to react quickly. Therefore, both these symptoms react to any stressor that can prepare the human body for anything that might come across, physically and mentally. (Grant n.p.)

The environment that we live in is socially, physically and emotionally challenging. As a result, people have various mechanisms to address every day difficulties. However, some normal mechanisms of addressing these challenges fail to work resulting in stress. Stress refers to a situation whereby environmental demand or pressures exceed the abilities and resources of an individual to cope with the pressures (Michie, 2002). Such pressures and demands are known as stressors. In most cases such

Health psychology is about maintaining the equilibrium of an individual’s well-being, focusing more on prevention and living a healthier life. Bad health can be determined by bad choices and living poor lifestyles, this can lead to infections, diseases and illnesses (Estacio, Evans, Marks & Murray, 2011). One of the factors that significantly affect health is stress, which can occur multiply times everyday. It has been proven that a person’s well-being can be badly affected by occurring hassles. Hassles such as running late for work, trying to make deadlines or even trying to look for your keys can be stressful. An increase of stressful hassles can be concerning or life threatening to peoples health (Dunn, Hammer, & Weiten, 2012). Stress is the psychological and physical reaction to a stimulus that is considered to be harmful or difficult, therefore, causing an unbalance in the body. The stimulus is also called a stressor. Stressors are events in the environment that causes a response to stress. However, it depends on how a person perceives a certain situation, if it is threatening or not. There are acute stressors and chronic stressors, these can be psychological, physical and social. An example of a acute stressor is when an individual gets bullied because of his weight. The individual that is bullied and feeling chronically depressed is an example of a chronic stressor. Everyone has a way of coping with certain stressors these are called stress response.

Ever wonder about how stress affects our bodies and our health? This word stress is thrown around by the media so much it’s losing its meaning but have you ever wondered how they define stress? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines stress as a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation. Our text book defines stress as the term used to describe the physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are appraised as threatening or challenging. Stress-causing events are called stressors, they can come from external sources or from within us and can scale from relatively mild to

Stress is an adaptive response to a situation that is perceived as challenging or threatening to a person’s well

Now that a definition and model of stress have been presented, this paper will focus on the causes of stress, known as stressors, as it