📌 Distress results from unpleasant events, whereas eustress is stress from positive events that still require substantial adjustment and can support health and wellbeing. — Hans Selye, 1936
1. A student develops anxiety, poor concentration, and sleep problems after receiving a demanding assignment. What is the stress in this example?
2. Two employees receive the same workplace change, but one views it as an opportunity and the other views it as a threat. What process explains their different responses?
3. Which situation best illustrates eustress rather than distress?
What is stress in terms of organism reactions to events?
Any physical, psychological, cognitive, or behavioural reaction to a demanding event.
What does appraisal mean in evaluating a situation?
A personal judgment interpreting a situation as threatening, challenging, or meaningful.
What type of stress results from unpleasant events?
Distress.
What type of stress comes from positive events requiring adjustment?
Eustress.
Who distinguished distress and eustress in 1936?
Hans Selye.
What defines catastrophes in terms of stress impact?
They are large-scale, unpredictable stressors causing tremendous stress and threat.
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