What is stress, what impact do minor stressors have on our lives, and how accurate are our appraisals of stress?
What will be an ideal response?
Stress is defined in the text as any circumstance that threatens, or is perceived to threaten, one's well-being and that thereby taxes one's coping ability. Researchers have discovered that minor stresses can add up and result in great strain and may have significant harmful effects on mental and physical health. This has been suggested to be due to the cumulative nature of stress: it adds up and little things multiply.
The experience of feeling stressed depends largely on cognitive processes: going on a new date is exciting for some, terrifying for others. People's appraisals of events are very subjective and influence the effect of the event.
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a. dopamine b. serotonin c. nicotine d. mezzanine
Which of the following statements about cellular aging is true?
Cells can replicate indefinitely, but errors do occur. Aging may be caused by the inevitable loss of the ability of cells to duplicate perfectly. Damage is caused by free radicals that slow down the cell duplication process. Cells from adults are able to duplicate more quickly and more times than are cells from embryos.