Note #8: Workplace Stress and Stressors Flashcards
1
Q
Feeling created when we react to particular upsetting events. Body’s way of responding to meet the demands of a tough situation with focus, strength, stamina and heightened alertness
A
Stress
2
Q
Positive stress, enhance quality of life, helps you stay alert, provides a natural high (increase in adrenaline)
A
EustressPositive stress, enhance quality of life, helps you stay alert, provides a natural high (increase in adrenaline)
3
Q
How many Canadians report they feel “highly
stressed” at work
A
1/4
4
Q
Annual economic cost of work time lost to stress is calculated at around ______________
A
$20 billion
5
Q
Factors or events, real or imagined, that elicit a state of stressStressors
A
Stressors
