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Psychology coursework Hyun-Ju Lee Introduction A fairly conventional definition of stress is given by Robbins (1998) in the following terns: '...A dynamic condition in which an individual is confronted with an opportunity, constraint or demand related to what he or she desires and for which the outcome is perceived to be both uncertain and important.' A definition relation of this type relate stress to the pressures which most-if not all individuals experience at some time of their professional or private lives. Depending on the particular context, these pressures can be either positive (an opportunity) or negative (a threat, constraint or demand)-or quite conceivably both of these at once. The above also highlights the tensions inherent in such situations for it is surely these, which ultimately trigger stress. There can, of course, be little doubt that in some respects pressure (perhaps in the form of a standard or a deadline)...

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