The Emergence Machine

Stress

abstract · Psychology · Level 9 · E6

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

stress emerges from emotion + arousal.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “stress” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “stress”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
stress
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L5L2L1L0StressEmotionMindCognitionMemoryBehaviorPerception… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesAnxietyL10CopingL10Fracture ModeL10Relaxation Techn…L10TraumaL10StressL9BehaviorL5EmotionL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Behavior L5 (requires)
    stress builds on the concept of behavior
  • Emotion L8 (foundational)
    Emotion provides the foundational basis for understanding stress.

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