MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS
MOTIVATION AND EMOTION
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a state of physiological and psychological arousal.
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Any person, object, situation or event that produces stress.
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a psychological factor that always originates from the individual
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an external factor that originates from the environment
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Detailed explanation-1: -As commonly used, the term “stressor” indicates a situation or event appraised as being aversive in that it elicits a stress response which taxes a person’s physiological or psychological resources as well as possibly provokes a subjective state of physical or mental tension.
Detailed explanation-2: -A stressor is an event or situation that causes stress. Just about anything can be a stressor as long as it is perceived as a danger. (Remember: Stress is a response to danger.
Detailed explanation-3: -A stressor is anything that causes the release of stress hormones. There are two broad categories of stressors: Physiological (or physical) stressors and Psychological Stressors.
Detailed explanation-4: -Psychological stressors are social and physical environmental cir-cumstances that challenge the adaptive capabilities and resources of an organism. These circumstances represent an extremely wide and varied array of different situations that possess both common and specific psychological and physical attributes.
Detailed explanation-5: -Stress is a biological and psychological response experienced on encountering a threat that we feel we do not have the resources to deal with. A stressor is the stimulus (or threat) that causes stress, e.g. exam, divorce, death of loved one, moving house, loss of job.