AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is a stressor? A stressor is the stress-producing event or situation. Stressors differ from one person to the next. For example, a Spanish exam may be a major stressor for a first year Spanish student, but extremely easy for someone whose primary language is Spanish.

Detailed explanation-2: -stressor: a stress-producing. event or situation. stress reaction: the body’s. response to a stressor.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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-5: -Stress factors broadly fall into four types or categories: physical stress, psychological stress, psychosocial stress, and psychospiritual stress.