1. ActivePsych: Classroom Activities Project / Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers Your Stress Level This activity helps respondents assess their stress level and factors that lead to stress. Acknowledgements: This demonstration was written by Martin Bolt, Calvin College

2. ActivePsych: Classroom Activities Project / Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers What is Stress? Stress is the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging.

3. ActivePsych: Classroom Activities Project / Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers On the Susceptibility to Stress (SUS) scale, your total score is: A. 0 to 32 B. 33 to 51 C. 52 to 77 D. 78 to 84

4. ActivePsych: Classroom Activities Project / Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers Appraising Stress One person may experience an event as a threat; that person’s response will be to experience stress. Another person may experience the same event as a challenge; that person’s response will be arousal and/or focus.

5. ActivePsych: Classroom Activities Project / Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers Consider This… Are health consequences the same for major catastrophes, significant life changes, and daily hassles? In general, do you think stress levels for most people in the past were less, the same, or more than stress levels for people today?