Walter B. Cannon (1871-1945)
"A quick and unconscious neurological response to a perceived threat that stimulates defensive behavior."
He is an American Physiologist and Neurologist that became interested in the physical reactions of his laboratory animals when under stress. He studied the digestion of his animals and noticed that when an animal was frightened or scared, there would be physical changes on the stomach. Then he went on to study all of the various physiological reactions to stress throughout the body. Hence, he's able to discover a syndrome showing everyone's initial reaction to stress. On 1915, he coined the "Fight or flight" response as it is the automatic reaction to a stressful and potentially dangerous situation. In connection …show more content…
Due to his concept about stress, he was able to make the Cognitive Appraisal Theory in 1984. It considers cognitive approaches in contrary to the GAS of Seyle. Furthermore, the Cognitive Appraisal Theory talks about two components of cognitive appraisal that occurs to a person who considers the two factors that particularly contribute to his actions in response to stress.The Primary Appraisal is evaluating the situation if it is threatening and if it will affect the person. Thus, three things are needed to be evaluated: if the threat is significant to that person, if it's a positive encounter, and and if it's threatening harmful/challenging. And the other one is the Secondary Appraisal that is happening simultaneously with the primary because it involves the feelings of the person that's associated with the situation. In connection to this, two kinds of coping were also associated with Lazarus: the problem-based coping and emotional-based coping. The source of the problem can be resolved when the person involved feels having the control over the situation is the Problem-Based Coping. While Emotional-Based Coping is the opposite of the other one, or when the person feels that they cannot manage the source of the
"A quick and unconscious neurological response to a perceived threat that stimulates defensive behavior."
He is an American Physiologist and Neurologist that became interested in the physical reactions of his laboratory animals when under stress. He studied the digestion of his animals and noticed that when an animal was frightened or scared, there would be physical changes on the stomach. Then he went on to study all of the various physiological reactions to stress throughout the body. Hence, he's able to discover a syndrome showing everyone's initial reaction to stress. On 1915, he coined the "Fight or flight" response as it is the automatic reaction to a stressful and potentially dangerous situation. In connection …show more content…
Due to his concept about stress, he was able to make the Cognitive Appraisal Theory in 1984. It considers cognitive approaches in contrary to the GAS of Seyle. Furthermore, the Cognitive Appraisal Theory talks about two components of cognitive appraisal that occurs to a person who considers the two factors that particularly contribute to his actions in response to stress.The Primary Appraisal is evaluating the situation if it is threatening and if it will affect the person. Thus, three things are needed to be evaluated: if the threat is significant to that person, if it's a positive encounter, and and if it's threatening harmful/challenging. And the other one is the Secondary Appraisal that is happening simultaneously with the primary because it involves the feelings of the person that's associated with the situation. In connection to this, two kinds of coping were also associated with Lazarus: the problem-based coping and emotional-based coping. The source of the problem can be resolved when the person involved feels having the control over the situation is the Problem-Based Coping. While Emotional-Based Coping is the opposite of the other one, or when the person feels that they cannot manage the source of the