Week 8 - Dimensional Approach & Stress and Health

Session 18 - Dimensional Approach to Classification

Recap the main concepts / ideas from last session and continue to move through the relevant PowerPoint. The main points that will be covered this session include:

• The Dimensional Approach to Classification
• The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Approach

All students are to read 573 - 578 of the textbook and complete the following Learning Activities:

• 11.16
• 11.17
• Chapter 11 Test - Multiple Choice and Short Answer Sections.

Session 19 - Stress and Health

Open with recap of the Chapter 11 Test with the students - go through both sections of the test => tease out responses.

Move onto new topic - Stress and Health. Begin with the relevant PowerPoint which covers the following concepts:

• Stressors and Stress
• Fight or Flight Response
• Eustress and Distress
• Psychological Responses to Stress
• Lazarus and Folkman's Transactional Model of Stress and Coping

Students are to read from 582 - 601 of the textbook and complete the following Learning Activities:

• 12.1 (Q's1,2, 4 &5)
• 12.8

Session 20 -