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Any stimulus that causes stress is referred to as a stressor. In the cockpit, an example of an environmental stressor is..
  • A
    lack of sleep.
  • B
    engine noise.
  • C
    financial worries.
  • D
    work overload.

STRESS

Stress disturbs the body’s homeostasis and enables you to adapt to encountered situations. It is the body’s response to a stressor, which is an internal or external stimulus that is interpreted as a threat to the body’s equilibrium, and prepares it for action.

There are three types of stressors:
  • Environmental Stressors – environmental conditions, noise, vibrations.
  • Physiological Stressors – fatigue, lack of physical fitness, improper eating habits, hunger, thirst, cold/too hot, humidity, dehydration, vibration, accelerations;
  • Psychological/emotional stress – inter-personal conflicts, discrimination, fear of failure, death of a relative, divorce, financial problems, job insecurity.

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