1. Multiple Intelligences
Take up the answers from yesterday’s handout

2. Stress

3. Stress
“Physical and Psychological responses to circumstances in the environment that test our ability to cope.” - Wayne Sproule

4. Physical Responses to Stress
General Adaptation Syndrome:
Alarm
Recognize the threat
Adrenaline
Fight or Flight response
Resistance
Stabilize
Lower resistance to other stress

5. Physical Responses to Stress
Exhaustion
Body wears down
Lower adrenaline
Lower immunity
Strong connection between stress and physical illness

6. Positive Stress
Not all stress is bad – positive stress is called eustress
Examples:

7. Causes of Stress:
Catastrophic Events

8. Case Study:
Chilean Miners and PTSD

9. Causes of Stress:
Catastrophic Events
Life transitions
Many minor irritations that occur in a short span of time

10. Coping with Stress Richard Lazarus’ Stress Cognitive Appraisal
Step 1: the individual assesses the degree of threat present
Step 2: the individual chooses a way to deal with the threat
The amount of stress is directly related to the ability to balance these two factors

11. Coping with Stress POSITIVE NEGATIVE
- Remove or alter the source of stress
- Kicking something
- Small changes can make a big difference
- Yelling at someone
- Running away/escape

12. How can you cope with Stress?
Talk with your tablemates about some ways that you deal with stress.
What strategies do you use?
Are they effective?
Write down some of your ideas
Share them with the class

13. Sources
Sproule, Wayne. Our Social World: An Introduction to Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology. Toronto: Prentice Hall, 2001.
Haskings-Winner, Jan. Social Science: An Introduction. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd, 2011.