Module 35, Ch. 15 Stress and Stressors

The term used to describe the physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are appraised as threatening or challenging.

• burnout

• stress

• distress

• eustress

• hassles

Negative changes in thoughts, emotions, and behavior as a result of prolonged stress or frustration, leading to feelings of exhaustion.

• burnout

• stress

• distress

• eustress

• hassles

The effect of positive events, or the optimal amount of stress that people need to promote health and well-being.

• burnout

• stress

• distress

• eustress

• hassles

The daily annoyance of everyday life.

• burnout

• stress

• distress

• eustress

• hassles

The effect of unpleasant and undesirable stressors.

• burnout

• stress

• distress

• eustress

• hassles

The psychological experience produced by the blocking of a desired goal or fulfillment of a perceived need.

• acculturative stress

• pressure

• frustration

• general adaptation syndrome

Stress resulting from the need to change and adapt a person’s ways to the majority culture.

• acculturative stress

• pressure

• frustration

• general adaptation syndrome

The psychological experience produced by urgent demands or expectations for a person’s behavior that come from an outside source.

• acculturative stress

• pressure

• frustration

• general adaptation syndrome

The three stages of the body’s physiological reaction to stress, including alarm, resistance and exhaustion.

• acculturative stress

• pressure

• frustration

• general adaptation syndrome