... are in direct conflict with the demands or needs of the individual. This causes great stress, as it is an ambient stressor, meaning it is always present in the mind of the individual. However we usually adapt and learn to live with them. Another ambient stressor is role ambiguity; this is when different the different roles and responsibilities of individual staff are not made clear. For example, if one worker presumes they have to do more work than another worker, it could lead to a work overload, this can lead the individual to suffer from stress and experience a 'burnout' which is when physical and emotional exhaustion are accompanied by feelings of low self worth. Overcrowding also creates stress in our everyday lives; Calhoun (1962) conveyed this by placing a population of rats in a limited space. Once their population reached a certain level, their behaviour became pathological. The males became hypersexual, ...

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