normal but physical responses to conditions‚ events‚ occurrences‚ situations which try to deprive us of our balance in anyway. For example‚ when somebody senses danger whether real or imagined‚ the body mechanism of defences immediately kicks into action fight or flight reaction or the stress response. (Smith Et al: 2012). Although‚ stress is generally bad for the health‚ in few instances it helps people to perform under pressure and motivate people to do their best. Stress responses is the body’s defences
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the riddle and the ensuing debates attest to the veracity of one of the most basic tenets of reader-response theory: If a text does not have a reader‚ it does not exist-or at least‚ it has no meaning. It’s reader‚ with whatever experience he brings to the text‚ who gives it its meaning. Of particular significance is Louise M. Rosenblatt’s transactional theory to the shaping of the reader-response criticism. Rosenblatt describes the act of reading itself – as a transaction That derives from “the
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Stress is “the nonspecific response of the body to any demand for change” or a response to events that threaten or challenges a person in their day to day life. Stress can be good or bad. Sometimes‚ stress is helpful‚ providing people with the extra energy or alertness they need. For example‚ stress can give a runner the edge they need to finish a marathon‚ this would be an example of good stress‚ called eustress. unfortunately‚ there is also bad stress‚ called distress‚ (i.e losing a loved one‚
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The four main responses to conflict are exit‚ neglect‚ loyalty‚ and response. Together these responses create a four-dimensional figure to illustrate active‚ constructive‚ destructive‚ and passive approaches humans take to deal with conflict. For the exit response‚ individuals completely withdrawal from certain situations. This withdrawal can be characterized by physical or psychological behavior. For example‚ whenever a conflict arises such as an argument between two individuals‚ he or she may
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CASE – 1 Dartmouth College Goes Wireless Dartmouth College‚ one of the oldest in the United States (founded in 1769)‚ was one of the first to embrace the wireless revolution. Operating and maintaining a campuswide information system with wires is difficult‚ since there are 161 buildings with more than 1‚000 rooms on campus. In 2000‚ the college introduced a campuswide wireless network that includes more than 500 Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) systems. By the end of 2002‚ the entire campus became
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The steps of the general adaptation syndrome that I would experience are alarm reaction‚ which is the body’s initial response to any stressors. This reaction mobilizes or arouses the body in preparation to defend itself against a stressor. This reaction involves a number of body changes‚ which are initiated by the brain and further regulated by the endocrine system and the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system. The next stage of the general adaptation syndrome I would experience
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stress can be defined as the ‘arousal of the mind and body in response to demands made on them’ (Schafer‚ 2000). Schafer emphasises repeatedly in his definitions of stress that it is the person’s response to these demands‚ rather than the demands themselves which can influence stress. Stress depends very much on a person’s interpretation of an event (Burton‚ Weston & Kowalski‚ 2009)‚ and as a result of this interpretation‚ the adaptive responses that the body and mind activate to cope. The purpose of this
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body to things that happen in life and the environment‚ resulting in destabilization of what you consider the norm. Things and events that cause stress are called stress agents. When a body is functioning properly‚ it had its own built in stress response which helps you in dealing with a stressful situation. How a body reacts to stress varies. In cases where it is unable to cope‚ it can result in life threatening conditions such as heart attack and stroke. Prolonged stress can also result in a person
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Define Consumer Response Consumer response is the positive or negative feedback a company receives about its products‚ services or business ethics. A consumer response can be solicited by the company or initiated by a consumer. The response can include a letter or answers to questions about a product or issue within the company. 1. Function * Customer response can help a company improve its overall quality of a product or service. For example‚ if an automaker desires to know the overall
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followed a within subject design in witch the independent variables were the music‚ witch was playing in the start‚ the touch stimuli and the music‚ witch was playing in the end of the experiment. However the dependent variables were the galvanic skin response (GSR)‚ the heart rate and the respiratory rate. The psychological reactions were measured by the biopac student lab package. METHOD Participants A total of thirty eight students participated in this experiment. The experimenter used opportunity
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