coping with stress
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Lesson 8 Applica.on of Strategies for Coping With Stress
VCE Psychology Units 3 & 4
Lesson 7 Alterna-ve Factors and Approaches of the Stress Response
EXAM QUESTION
ANSWER:
A: Britt’s allostatic load would increase
What is stress?
Stress is a state of physiological and psychological arousal produced by internal or external stressors that are perceived by the individual as challenging or exceeding their ability or resources to cope.
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What causes you stress?
Rank the following stressors in order of how stressed they make you feel (1=lowest to 7=highest):
conflicts with a boyfriend or girlfriend dissa>sfac>on with your athle>c skills having your trust betrayed by a friend struggling to meet your own academic standards not having enough money conflicts with family members dissa>sfac>on with your physical appearance.
Compare your responses with the person next to you.
When you are stressed:
a) what physiological responses do you experience?
b) what psychological responses do you experience?
Your stress response
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Coping with stress • How do you cope with stress? • There are many different ways of coping with stress.
Coping with stress
Biofeedback Meditation or relaxation
Physical exercise
Using thought processes to control a physiological response
A deeply relaxed state; reduced psychological and physiological tension
Engaging in physical activity
Social support
Help or assistance from other
people
• During biofeedback training, electrical or mechanical sensors (e.g. electrodes on an EEG, EMG or a blood pressure cuff) are attached to the person.
• These sensors respond to and provide feedback on a particular physiological response, e.g. tension in a particular muscle, blood pressure or skin temperature.
Biofeedback
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• A person is taught a series of exercises designed to help them learn how to gain control over the physiological response that is being monitored.
• Biofeedback can be beneficial in helping people manage stress- related problems such as high blood pressure, chronic pain and migraines.
Biofeedback
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Medita-on and relaxa-on
• The term meditation is used interchangeably with relaxation because meditation involves relaxation and relaxation can be achieved by using a meditative technique.
• When in a relaxed or meditative state, people typically report:
• feeling calm • a low level or absence of anxiety • responses associated with a low level of overall
physiological arousal such as lower heart rate, slower breathing rate and loss of muscle tension.
List three things you do to relax.
Physical exercise is physical ac-vity that is usually planned and performed to improve or maintain one’s physical condi-on.
Aerobic exercise is best for physical and mental health, although anaerobic exercise is bePer than no exercise at all.
What is the difference between aerobic and anaerobic exercise? Give 2 examples of each.
Physical exercise
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Social Support
Social support is help or assistance from other people when needed.
Social support
Appraisal support
Tangible support
Information support
Person is helped to realistically appraise the stressor
Person is given tangible support, e.g. food, financial assistance or goods
Person is given information
Emotional support
Person is given warmth,
care and nurturing
What type(s) of social support do other people give to you?
What type(s) of social support do you give to other people?
Social support
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Coping with stress
Rank in order from 1 (not at all) to 4 (a lot):
biofeedback medita>on/relaxa>on
physical exercise social support
Which of the four is most commonly used in your class?
In order to cope with stress, which one do you use most and which one do you use least?
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