AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The stress as stimulus theory assumes: Change is inherently stressful. Life events demand the same levels of adjustment across the population. There is a common threshold of adjustment beyond which illness will result.

Detailed explanation-2: -The psychological theories of stress gradually evolved from the Theory of Emotion (James-Lange), The Emergency Theory (Cannon-Bard), and to the Theory of Emotion (Schachter-Singer).

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Lazarus and Folkman (1984), “psychological stress is a particular relationship between the person and the environment that is appraised by the person as taxing or exceeding his or her resources and endangering his or her well-being” (Lazarus and Folkman, 1984, p. 19).

Detailed explanation-4: -The incentive theory of motivation states external rewards and punishments are the primary cause of an individual’s behavior, as opposed to internal factors. This theory evolved out of the classical conditioning school of behaviorism.