During this unit, you will examine the concept of stress and how it has been defined and measured in the past.

Specifically, at the end of this unit you will be able to:

• Define stress from a number of different perspectives;
• Provide a critique of each of the various models;
• Examine recent models of stress.

In order to complete this unit, you should have the following:

• Access to the introductory chapter of a good health psychology text-book. For example Ogden (2004).

Guidelines on these web pages: how to use them, and the various conventions used within them can be found on this link.