Workplace Stress: Types, Impact, and Prevention Strategies
Workplace Stress: Concept, Impact, and Prevention
Definition
“Stress is a substantial perceived imbalance between demand and individual response capability, under conditions where failure to meet this demand has important perceived consequences.”
Causes of Workplace Stress
- Inappropriate workplace environment
- Excessive workload
- Alteration of biological rhythms
- High levels of responsibility and major decisions
- Slow and monotonous pacing
- Inadequate working conditions
Types of Stress
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Eustress and Distress:
Eustress
Sociology as a Science: Key Characteristics and Perspectives
Sociology as a Science
Like all scientific knowledge, sociology is characterized by four traits:
It is a systematic body of knowledge, i.e., a logical system of abstract propositions related to each other. This presupposes that there is order in society and that this order can be discovered, described, and understood by man. This assumption is shared by other sciences. Perhaps most peculiar to sociological knowledge is its declared interest in order and disorder, as this also occurs with certain regularities
Read MoreUnderstanding Learning, Memory, and Personality Development
Learning and Memory
Learning: is a modification of relatively permanent behavior that occurs as a result of practice.
Learning by Observing:
- Acquisition: The model is observed or conduct is repeated.
- Retention: Retain the behavior.
- Execution: The behavior is performed.
- Reinforcement: Reinforcing and maintaining the behavior.
Memory:
- Perception: Sensing something impressive, which may be unintentional.
- Consolidation: Retaining information and ordering.
- Storage: The information is saved and becomes part of
Fundamental Learning Processes: Habituation to Conditioning
Non-Associative Learning Mechanisms
Non-associative learning occurs in all species and is essential for an organism to adapt to its environment. It helps organize and direct behavior effectively by adjusting responses to stimuli. Unlike associative learning, it doesn’t involve learning associations between events but results directly from experience with a single stimulus.
Habituation
Habituation is the decreased response to a moderate, repetitive stimulus. It helps organisms ignore irrelevant stimuli.
Read MoreMemory: How We Acquire, Store, and Retrieve Information
Understanding Human Memory
Memory is the ability to acquire, store, and retrieve information. The main function of memory is to provide human beings with a knowledge base that allows us to understand the events that we live through. The first investigations on the subject were made by Frederic Hermann Ebbinghaus and George Miller. Bartlett’s Neuropsychology is the area of psychology that deals with brain-behavior relations. The neuropsychology of memory gives us new knowledge: memory has different
Read MoreUnderstanding Alcoholism: Factors, Treatment, and Recovery
Alcoholism
Alcoholism occurs when a person shows signs of physical addiction to alcohol (e.g., tolerance and withdrawal) and continues to drink despite problems with physical health, mental health, social responsibilities, family, or work.
Predisposing Factors
- Being under peer pressure
- Having depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, or schizophrenia
- Having easy access to alcohol
- Having low self-esteem or problems with interpersonal relationships
- Maintaining a stressful lifestyle
- Living in a culture