Stress and Anxiety

Stress and Anxiety

1. Stress

   • A stimulus resulting in arousal
   • Eustress
     • A positive reaction to stress
     • Leads to optimum arousal
   • Stressors
     • A situation which causes a stressful response
   • Arousal
     • A state of readiness to perform
     • Motivates individuals
   • Stress Response
     • Alarm reaction
       • Fight or Flight
     • Resistance
       • Body adapts to manage situation
     • Exhaustion
       • Body can no longer cope
   • Stress experience
     • Indecisivness
     • Decreased concentration
     • Worry
     • Decreased attention span

2. Anxiety

   • An emotional state similar to fear, assosiated with arousal
     • nervousness and apprehension
   • Measuring Anxeity
     • Self report questionaires
     • Physiological measurements
     • Observation
   • Types
     • Cognitive
     • Somatic
     • Trait
     • State