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Stress and Stress Management

ICSE · Class 12 · Psychology

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Topics in Stress and Stress Management

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1. Meaning of Stress - Its Basic Nature

  • Stress derived from Latin 'stringere' meaning 'to draw out tight'
  • Non-specific response of body and mind to real or imagined threats
  • Hans Selye (1936) defined stress as 'non-specific response of the body to any demand for change'
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1.1 Stress as a Process

  • Four-component process model: Demand → Perception → Response → Manifestation
  • Physical/psychological demands placed on individual in situation
  • Individual perceives demand and assesses own ability to meet it
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1.2 Stressors

  • Stressors: Factors triggering stress response
  • Can be chemical, biological, environmental, psychological, social
  • Four main categories of stressors:
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1.3 Different Stress Models - GAS Model

  • Hans Selye (1956) developed General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
  • Austrian-Canadian endocrinologist observed patients with various diseases showed identical signs
  • Three-stage physiological response to threat:

Key Concepts

Stress is the nonStress develops through a sequential processStressors are factors that trigger stressGAS describes the body's physiological responseThis model emphasizes that stress depends

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