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Give an explanation of how the cognitive perspective relates to/applies to/provides insight into/explains the experience of stress.

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The cognitive experience of stress is examined briefly.

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As you correlate cognitive psychology to stress studies, you might look at what happens in the brain and one's mental operations when stress is induced. I know that when I am completely stressed physically, I start doing strange things mentally such as putting the cereal box into the refrigerator!

Because cognitive psychology is concerned with "how people acquire, store, transform, use and communicate information" ...

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