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Differentiate between stressors, stress and the same-domain effect.

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Stressors are situations that put strong demands on the body and lead to stress, due the individual's inability to deal with that situation effectively at that moment. A stressor can be anything from your car breaking down along the side of the road, to you having to take an important test in two weeks. Stressors also activate the body's fight or flight response by activating certain physiological responses (i.e. fast heartbeat, sweating, etc...). It is very important to keep in mind that stressors may be different for different ...

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