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Discuss How Stress Affects the Individual.  

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DISCUSS HOW STRESS AFFECTS THE INDIVIDUAL There are three approaches to stress, these are the response-based approach, the stimulus based approach, and the interactive approach. "The first approach treats stress as an Independent variable for study, describing it in terms of the persons response to dist- urbing or noxious environments. The second approach describes stress in terms of the stimulus characteristics of those disturbing or noxious environments and thus treats it as an independent variable for study. The third .....,approach views stress as the reflection of a lack of 'fit' between the person and his envi- ronment." (Cox,T.1978) The human body is made up of the internal environment. This contains cells, tissues, organs, and systems, each making the other one up in that order. A fluid known as extra-cellular fluid covers each cell. This fluid contains three vital substances, these are 1) Nutrients, which are...

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