Stress - a psychological or physiological response produced by internal or external stressors, Internal stressor - originates within the individual., External stressor - originates outside the individual from situations and events in the environment., Stressors - a stimulus that causes or produces stress; may be internal or external., Eustress - positive psychological response to a stressor, Distress - negative psychological response to a stressor, Acculturation - adapting the values customs and language of a new culture, Proxemics - is the study of the human use of space within the context of culture., Lazarus and Folkman’s Transactional Model of Stress and Coping - a Psychological model of stress, Selye General adaptation syndrome (GAS) - a physiological model of stress , Alarm Reaction - organism goes into a temporary state of shock, and its ability to deal with the stressor falls to below its normal level, Exhaustion - resistance to disease is very weak, and it becomes vulnerable to physical and psychological illnesses., Resistance - the body’s resistance to the particular stressor rises above normal., Placebo Effect - any change in a participant’s behaviour due to their belief that they are receiving some kind of experimental treatment and they respond in accordance with that belief, Cortisol - this hormone is released into your bloodstream when stressed,

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