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- Is stress a stimulus or a response
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The response argument has been strengthened by work dome by Hans Selye. Selye
observed an identical series of biochemical changes in a number of organisms adapting to a variety of environmental conditions. He termed this series of changes the general adaptation syndrome (Selye, 1936). Selye’s discovery of the biochemical and physiological pathways of the stress response has been of immense significance.
His concern to find the psychological mediators of the response to stress has, for
example, created the field of psychoneuroimmunology, an interdisciplinary area of
research exploring the varied and complex way the immune system reacts to
- A critique of Selye’s approach has been that it is too simplistic. It cannot,
for example explain the stress associated, with difficult relationships in the workplace.
A number of psychologists also believe that there are sources of stress which impact
fairly uniformly on individuals, for example in the workplace. The criticism of this
approach is essentially the same as of Selye’s response approach – it is too
- It does not take into account enormous individual differences in our ability
to handle stressful circumstances.
- Is there a ‘stress prone’ personality?
Another attractive facet of the appraisal concept is it broadens the notion of stress to
مقاله Stress and Organizational Behaviour