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Psychology 3
Resolving Conflicts & Stress Terms and Definitions
| Conflict & Stress Terms | Conflict & Stress Definitions |
|---|---|
| Conflicts | tensions arising from incompatible needs, where the actions of one can fustrate the ability of the other to achieve a goal |
| Intrapersonal Conflict | conflicts within ourselves |
| Interpersonal Conflict | conflicts between 2 or more poeple |
| Causes of Conflicts | Missunderstanding, poor communication, differences of values or goals, personality clashes, stress |
| Stages of Conflict | Latent, Perceived, Felt, Overt, and Resolution |
| 4 Basic Styles of Conflict Management | Avoider, Accomodator, Compettitor, and Collaborator |
| Assertiveness | being able to stand up for your rights without infringing on the rights of others ("I" statements) |
| Aggressiveness | domineering and suppressing the other ("you" statements) |
| Stress | a state of mental or emotional strain brought on by a stressor |
| Stressor | any demand, stiuation, circumstance, or stimulus that threatens the person |
| 4 Lenghts of Stress | brief, episodic, chronic, accute |
| Physical Stressors | againg, illness, injury, pain, mental disorders |
| Psychological Stressors | loss of job, death of close one, marriage/divorce, becoming a parent, conflict and change |
| Spiritual Stressors | loss of role, loss of meaning, questioning of values |
| Eustress | mild level of stress that acts as a positive stress response (eg.deadlines) |
| Primary Appraisal of Stress | determine the extent of the stress (eg. not stressfull, slightly stressful ect...), this is subjective |
| Secondary Appraisal | evulate coping skills (eg. health, energy, social support ect...) |
| Anxiety | impending feeling of doom, difficult to see other possibilities |
| Coping | any response to external life stressors that serve to prevent, avoid or control emotional distress |
| Burnout | physical, emotional and spirtual exhaustion |