Motivation, Emotion, and Stress Unit 8 Motivation, Emotion, and Stress
Unit 8 Day 1 – The Basis of Motivation (Module 37) Day 2 – Hunger and Sex (Modules 38 & 39) Day 3 – The Need to Belong (Module 40) and Week 1 Vocabulary Quiz Day 4 – Theories of Emotion and Detection (Modules 41 & 42) Day 5 – Stress and Unit 8 Review (Modules 43 & 44) Day 6 – CUA 8!
Module 43: Stress and Health
Stress: Some Basic Concepts How we perceive and respond to events (called stressors) that we appraise as threatening or challenging How we appraise stress:
Stress: Some Basic Concepts How we perceive and respond to events (called stressors) that we appraise as threatening or challenging How we appraise stress:
Stress: Some Basic Concepts How we perceive and respond to events (called stressors) that we appraise as threatening or challenging How we appraise stress:
Stress: Some Basic Concepts How we perceive and respond to events (called stressors) that we appraise as threatening or challenging How we appraise stress:
Stress: Some Basic Concepts How we perceive and respond to events (called stressors) that we appraise as threatening or challenging How we appraise stress:
Stress: Some Basic Concepts How we perceive and respond to events (called stressors) that we appraise as threatening or challenging How we appraise stress:
Stressors: Things that Push Our Buttons Catastrophes: unpredictable, large scale events; nearly everyone interprets these are threatening Significant Life Changes: often predictable personal events (death of a parent, losing a job); even some happy events (getting married; moving to college) can be highly stressful Most significantly, highest stress is experienced by young adults. Why? Daily Hassles: Most people shrug these off; prolonged exposure, however, can be much worse than either of the above
Responding to Stress Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) – three phases Alarm: Body mobilizes resources to combat the stressor Resistance: Body attempts to cope with stress; resistance is high Exhaustion: Eventually, body resources are depleted and resistance to stress lowers substantially Tend-and-befriend Under stress, people – especially women – usually tend (help others) and befriend to seek support from others
Responding to Stress