Reflecting upon the learning activities you completed in this module you will complete a blog applying stress and health psychology research.
Everyone experiences stress in their lives at some time, and everyone uses a variety of different techniques for coping with their stressors. Homes and Rahe created a Social Readjustment Rating Scale, which consists of various life events, both positive and negative, that can produce stress. Each life event is associated with a number of “stress points”. To determine the amount of a stress a person is experiencing, they would simply look at the list and determine which events they had experienced in a set period of time (usually 12 months or 24 months), and then add up the total points for that timeframe. (Please note that if you experienced the same life stressors more than once during that period — e.g,. you had given birth to two children in the past 12 months – then you would counts those points twice.)
For this post, think about your current life situation and identify at least one major area of stress. Then, respond to each of the following prompts:
Identify some of the physical, mental, and emotional symptoms that can result from stress.
Using Holmes and Rahe’s Social Readjustment Scale, you are to determine what your stress score is for the past 12 months. Be sure to list the different stressors that you have experienced from the Holmes and Rahe Social Readjustment Scale.
Which coping strategies do you commonly use?
Do you believe that these coping strategies are effective? Why or why not? Do you think that other strategies might be more helpful? If so, list them and explain why they would be better.
Title your entry M13: Stress, Lifestyle, and Health.
In addition to your own blog posts on the subject, I encourage you to read and perhaps even respond to a blog post from another student. While reading others and responding is not part of your grade, it will help you to better understand the material and aid with your learning.
Grades for the blog will be assigned using the PSYCH 201 Blog Rubric. I strongly encourage you to review this rubric before starting each blog assignment. This rubric is available in the right hand column of the Blog area, as well as in the course Grade Center. As well as providing well-thought-out responses to the prompts, you are expected to provide entries that demonstrate college-level writing skills; as noted in the blog rubric, grammar and spelling will count towards your grade.
Note: Each blog entry is worth 15 points, for a total of 225 points (15 points x 15 entries). There is one column in the Grade Center for your blog, so your point total will continue to grow throughout the course for this assignment. Don’t panic when, after the entry, the Grade Center might indicate that you received 195/225! It really would be 15/15 for the entry, since each entry is worth 15 points.
Review this video Creating and Editing a Blog Entry if you need assistance with this feature.
See Schedule for due date.
Videos : https://www.ted.com/talks/madhumita_murgia_how_stress_affects_your_brain?language=en#t-217588
