Internal and External Stressors (VCE SSCE Psychology): Flashcards

Any event causing stress or perceived as a threat

Mental, emotional & physiological tension from a stressor

Involves both psychological & biological components

Cause of stress originating within an individual

Cause of stress from outside an individual/environment

Sudden threat stress lasting short time

Stress lasting a long time (weeks, months, years)

Automatic biological response to stressor for survival

Hormone from adrenal glands released in response to stress

Sympathetic in fight/flight; parasympathetic in freeze