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11.9 Identify social and cultural factors
that influence stress reactions.11.10 Distinguish between problem-
focused and emotion-coping
strategies to stress.11.11 Explain how a social-support system
influences a person’s ability to cope
with stress.11.12 Describe cultural differences in
coping with stress.11.13 Explain how religious beliefs
can affect the ability to cope
with stress.11.14 Define mindfulness meditation and
describe its use in coping with the
effects of stress.Learning Objectives
11.1 Distinguish between distress and
eustress.
11.2 Identify three types of external
events that can cause stress.
- 3 Identify psychological factors in stress.
11.4 Describe the stages of the general
adaptation syndrome.
11.5 Explain how the immune system is
impacted by stress.
11.6 Describe the branch of psychology
known as health psychology.
11.7 Summarize Lazarus’s cognitive
appraisal approach to stress.
11.8 Explain how personality types and
attitudes can influence people’s
reaction to stress.