Eustress

1.) Split Brain - In this zaps activity I played the role of an experimenter in the experimental setup that was created by Gazzaniga and his colleagues. In this experimental setup, a split-brain patient sits in front of two screens that are side by side and behind those screens there are a collection of objects. The patient is then asked to reach under the screens to get a hold of the identified object with either their left or right hand. In this activity I had the opportunity to be the…

As a high-school student, many people ask where and what I will be doing with my future. This is not what most students or people like to hear. Luckily for them, I know exactly how to answer. Taking psychology this semester has really opened my eyes to myself. In this paper I will be reflecting on my childhood memories and the goals that I have for my future. Using real-life examples, I will demonstrate how psychological theories have impacted my life past, present, and future. As a young…

INTRODUCTION In today’s society, stress has an impact on how individual deal with everyday life. Every person, like myself, has their own personality, temperament, attitudes, vulnerabilities, behaviors, and values. “Your, personality, temperament, and behaviors impact how you perceive the world (appraise situations), how you react to the presences of threats or demands, and how you respond to and cope with stressful situation (Quick, Wright, Adkins, Nelson, & Quick, 2013, p.52).” It is these…

body to any pressure made on it. Stress is interwoven in all aspects of life and can be expressed both physically and emotionally. A physiologist who delved into the study of stress and its effects articulated that there are two kinds of stress: eustress and distress (Lamberton & Minor, 2014). In people’s lives, there is an endurance of external and internal stressors. In my personal life, I feel like I am experiencing greater than normal levels of stress. In my professional career, I am…

close to you. On the other hand, good stress is the type of stress that people experience on a regular basis. It can enhance and improve your cognitive brain function as opposed to being harmful like distress. An example of good stress, also known as eustress, could be receiving a promotion at work. You can manage your stress in your daily life by managing your time well and preserving good…

Life Change Model (409) The Life Change model was theorised by Rahe and Holmes based on their concept of stress using life changes/adjustments. Using this concept, the social readjustment rating scale was developed. This scale rated these life changes are based on the impact they would have. Figure 3 is the rating scale that was created in 1967. It was hypothesised that people who experienced more major life events were more likely to experience illness. Figure 3: The social readjustment…

SNEHA Foundation was started in Chennai on 14th April 1986 with their primary concern being prevention of suicide. It is a voluntary organization that values human life and feelings. SNEHA was started with the mission of extending unconditional support, warmth and understanding to people who are in crisis. In the stress- filled life, people have the need to talk to someone. Some problems are such that they are better off being told to a third person rather than to any of their own friends and…

in our life. Stress is the inability to cope with a perceived or real threat to one’s mental, physical, emotional or spiritual well-being which result in a series of physiological responses and adaptation. Stress can be a good thing for example eustress which is stress that present opportunity for personal growth and can be fundamental to our survival. There is also distress which can cause a negative effects to our health. In U.S about 80 percent of workers feel stressed on the job which…

together as a couple to commit to one another and to their child 's condition. These couples with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, did not necessarily focused on their fate, or disadvantages rather than positively turning their distress into eustress and adapting to new changes in order to mature together while going through the…

By linking the Theory of Planned Behaviour to stress and stressors, it is possible to understand the aetiology of health risk behaviours that lead to illnesses and disease. To reduce the impact of stress on health it is necessary to show using the Theory of Planned Behaviour how stress influences certain risk behaviours. Stress itself is subjective and unique to everyone which is something that the Theory of Planned Behaviour can cater for. This is possible as the Theory of Planned Behaviour…