1. Stress
Lesson 1

2. Starter Identify a list of places where stress is likely to occur.
When I read the register you need to give your answer, not your name!
Lets see if you can all get a different answer!

3. Learning Objectives
To understand how PSYA2 is assessed.
To record and analyse a personal profile of stress.
Success Criteria
Read the criteria of assessment on page 1 of your booklet.
Begin constructing your stress diary for this week.
Watch a video of fight or flight.
 Challenge Criteria Create a flashcard about a key study for the topic.

4. Booklet

5. Fight or Flight
“Stress is experienced when the person’s perceived social, environmental and physical demands exceed their ability to cope with the situation.”
The experience of stress is influenced by our perception of the situation.
The stress response was particularly important for our ancestors because bodily responses associated with stress were essential in the conditions of fight or flight.

6. Fight or Flight
Nowadays, the stress response has stayed the same, but the stressors have changed, and our responses to stress may not be adaptive.
There are two major bodily responses to stress; one for acute stress and one for chronic stress.
Video

7. Stress Diary

8. Extension
Prepare a flashcard about individual differences in the stress responses using page 134.