PSYC 3600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hans Selye, Pituitary Gland, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
21 May 2019
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Person becomes more susceptible: pituitary gland, hypothalamus, and, you can actually have control over how you respond to stress, stress events model , major life stressor: people usually think about when it comes to stress. Loss of a job, a loved one, divorce: minor everyday stressors: can actually be more stressful than major life events. Eg. worrying about your weight, forgetting things, having too much work and too little time: acute vs. chronic stress: acute stress that happens in a discreet and observable way, it"s more short-term (an argument). Chronic it"s on- going, less self-limiting (discrimination: racism and minority status: recent analytic studies have found a link between perceived racism and a decline of mental well-being among. Asians, latins and latin americans within the us: another study: association between racism and ptsd has also been studied emotional stress after experiencing racial harassment and hostility.
