Stress Psychology

One of the most authoritative and famous books on the whole world on psychology and physiology of stress. Its author is a world-famous specialist, an outstanding biologist and psychologist Robert Sapolski convinced that human ability to prepare for the future and worry about him - this is a blessing, and a curse. The blessing is in preventive and preparatory behavior, and the curse is that our tendency to worry about the future causes constant stress.
It turns out that evolutionary people are predisposed to respond and avoid threats, as zebras do. We must relax most of the day and run like crazy only when the danger approaches.
Zebra from time to time there is an acute stress reaction (physical threats) We, on the contrary, a chronic stressful reaction (psychological threats) rarely reaches such values ​​as Zebra, but does not disappear anywhere.
Zebras die quickly, falling into the paws of predators. People die slower: from coronary heart disease, cancer and other diseases arising due to chronic stress reactions. But when stress is predictable, and you can control your reaction to it, it affects the development of diseases no longer so much.
These and many other issues concerning stress and management of them are affected in the remarkable book of Professor Sapolski, which is addressed to specialists of psychological, pedagogical, biological and medical profiles, as well as teachers and students of relevant university faculties.
3rd edition