STRESS
by Jillian Angelika Aguila
1. a body's way to react to a challenge
2. response to a situation that a person percieves to be overwheming
3. In psychology stress is not situation, but a response.
4. Small amounts of stress may be desired, beneficial, and even healthy
5. can have a major impact on the physical functioning of the human body.
6. first described in 1936 by Hans Selye in the journal Nature.
7. a feeling of strain and pressure
8. plays a factor in motivation and adaptation
9. Stressor
10. can directly and indirectly contribute to general or specific disorders of body and mind