Some questions:
- Can every type of stressor be cateogorised into the different sources of stress? Like for example, would the time someone waits before going on a rollercoaster for the first time be a daily pressure?
Can every difference source of stress be acute, chronic, internal, external, physical and psychological? For example, what is an example of a chronic daily pressure? Or an internal catastrophe/major event?
When your heart beats faster, is that controlled by stress hormones? (so neurotransmitters have nothing to do with that?)
If you choose to fight or flight (run away) after freezing, isn't that counted as a voluntary decision? Because you assess the situation then choose which one to do, however in the textbook it says it occurs after freeze response as part of the fight-flight-freeze response.
Thanks
I would say that daily pressure is the most appropriate descriptor for the source of stress when waiting for a rollercoaster (albeit a relatively rare when compared to something like losing your keys).
It wouldn't be categorised as a life event, as there isn't the long-term adjustment required after, it would only be classified as acculturative if the question specifically linked this to change in culture (eg finding it difficult to read rules for sign about ride due to not being fluent in English causing stress about the ride), and it's not really of high enough magnitude/impact to be a major stressor. I can't think of any examples that can't be grouped into one of these categories, but I'll look it up and see what I find
The accumulation of daily hassles contributes to chronic stress, but I can't think of how a catastrophe could be internal since catastrophes affect many people at once and are out of their control.
When your heart beats faster, this is related to the sympathetic nervous system being dominant and does involve neurotransmitters. Stress hormones do play a role in this too, but they aren't working independently.
In FFF, the body preparing for the possibility of fight-or-flight is involuntary, and in freeze there's involuntary immobility, however the actual actions of running or fighting would be voluntary - the mechanisms which prepare you for that aren't, which might be what the textbook is reffering too.
It's also worth noting that fight or flight can occur without freezing
Hope this clears things up