PSY101: Week 4 Assignment

Life Events Stress Test

This assignment supports the following objective(s):

• Explain how stress affects one’s health and well-being.

Assignment overview

What are the stressors in your life? For this assignment, you will take the Life Events Stress Test and discuss how the events have affected your life. You will also describe actions you can take to reduce the bad stress known as “distress” and turn it into good stress known as “eustress”.

Deliverables

 One Word document (approximately 500 words)

Name the document using the proper file naming convention: PSY101_wk4_assn_jsmith_mmddyyyy

Assignment details:

Perform the following tasks:

1. Take the Life Events Stress Test.

2. Indicate your results and discuss how these events have affected your health and well-being.

3. What actions can you take to reduce stress in your life?

4. How can you turn distress into eustress?