PSYC 3P75 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sucker Free, Anagram, Blood Pressures
8 Dec 2016
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This is the perception of help or caring one receives from significant others in ones life. This includes spouse, friends, family, coworkers, physician etc. Social support can actually affect ones physiology and perception of stressful events. Esteem support: encouragement and positive comparison (telling someone they are better off); self worth and competence are improved (this works well during appraisal of stress) Emotional support: empathy and caring can reassure someone and physical touch (e. g. , hug) can actually hormone levels. Oxytocin is a brain chemical associated with pair bonding, including mother-infant and male-female bonds. Levels are high during birth and breastfeeding. Female orgasms release oxytocin that helps bond with their partner. Oxytocin is released during hugging and pleasant physical touch, and plays a part in the human sexual response cycle. People given oxytocin don"t report feeling any different, but they act differently. Women had reduced levels of cortisol following a hug, as well as reporting the blood pressures benefits.
