PSYC 101 1st Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Last Lecture - Emotions - Forgiveness Outline of Current Lecture - StressCurrent Lecture- Stress and Health Stress and Emotion Today’s major killers- Men o Heart Disease o Cancero Accidentso Chronic LRDo Stroke- Women o Heart Disease o Cancero Stroke o Chronic LRDo Alzheimer’s Stress- A process by which we appraise and cope with the environment threats and challenges - Any circumstance that threatens a person’s well being - Can be adaptive or maladaptive- Direct physiological effects o Elevated blood pressure o Increased hormonal activity o Decrease immune systemo Psychophysiological conditions - Harmful behavior o Increased smoking These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o Decreased nutrition o Decreased sleep o Increased drug use- Indirect health related behaviors o Decreased compliance with medical advice o Increased delays o Decrease in seeking medical adviceHealth - Psychological states causes physical illness Measuring stress- Psychological - Physiological - BehavioralLife stress events - Catastrophic events - Significant life changes - Daily hassles Holmes and Rahe - Social Readjustment Rating Scale Richard Lazarus - Daily Hassles ScaleKanner - Daily hassles research - hassles intensity Stress - Appraised event by cortex - Starts in hypothalamus- Walter Cannon - Fight or flight - epinephrine and norepinephrine is released from inner adrenal glands, increasing heart rate and function Physical Stressor - Threats to physical safety; adaptive Symbolic Stressor- Threats to self-esteem; memories; not adaptive Endocrine System - Slow- Complex systems of glands- Glands communicate by releasing hormones - Involved in stress response Hypothalamus - Two pathways - Endocrine - Sympathetic of the
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