Stressor

toc = Definition: = any stimulus or event capable of producing physical or emotional stress. Gen Psych Chapter 10 (pg 322 in Mastering the World of Psychology) p318 pp318-384 ch10

= Examples: =
 * Good Stressors-**
 * **Getting married**
 * **Job interview**
 * **Starting college**
 * **Having a child**
 * **Buying a large ticket item**
 * Bad Stressors-**
 * **Losing your job**
 * **The death of a loved one**
 * **Confronting physical danger**
 * **Illness**

= Analogies: = The author calls attention to the advantages of using the engineering meaning of stress and strain when applying these terms to describe the effects of social and physical forces on people. Such an analogy opens up the possibility of measuring the amount of damage from excess stresses existing in people, as well as estimating their limits and remaining strengths. It also explains why some people are more affected by a given stressor than other people.

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=In the News:= [|Parental Stress Increases Obesity Risk in Children] See how a parent's child being over weight has become a negative stressor.

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