1. EQ: How do people deal with stress? Bell ringer: How do you determine if a situation is stressful? Ex: If you are called down to the office, how do determine if this is stressful or not?

2. Cognitive Appraisal O Primary appraisal: quick evaluation of the situation O Secondary appraisal: Begins if determined that action is necessary. Assess whether you have ability to deal with stressor

3. What would you do? O You get into a huge fight with your best friend/boyfriend/girlfriend O You are failing a class that you need to pass O How do you deal with the stress of these situations? What actions do you take?

4. Coping strategies used during secondary appraisal O Problem focused coping: Strategy aimed at reducing stress by overcoming the source of the problem O Emotion-focused coping: efforts to mange your emotional reactions to stressors

5. Think of examples for each situation with group Problem FocusedEmotion focused ConfrontingDistancing Planned problem Solving Self-controlling Seeking social Support Escape/avoidance Positive appraisal Accepting responsibility

6. O Anagram activity O Does anyone have a superstitious ritual??

7. O Actual control does not lower stress O perceived control lowers stress O EX: Superstitious rituals

8. O Learned Helplessness: Repeated exposure to uncontrollable events, people begin to feel defeated and helpless O Believe you have no control over the stressor, thus increasing the likelihood that you make no action to reduce it.

9. O Often times referred to in education field O How does it relate to social arena?

10. Dealing with stress reading O What is the main idea of your article? O What supporting details are given to support the main idea? O What specific studies help prove the supporting details?