PSY 1305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Hans Selye, T Cell, Pessimism
15 Dec 2017
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State of happiness influences all facets of life: People"s tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood. Used along with measures of objective well-being to evaluate people"s quality of life. The short life of emotional ups and downs. Emotional ups and downs tend to balance out; moods typically rebound. Even significant good events, such as sudden wealth, seldom increase happiness for long. Happiness is relative to our own experiences (adaptation-level phenomenon) and to others" success (relative deprivation principle). Four types of cells active in the search-and-destroy mission of the immune system. Stress does not make people sick but it reduces immune system"s ability to function optimally. About 600,000 north american coronary heart disease-related deaths yearly. Stress related to generation of inflammation which is associated with heart and other health problems. Stress predicted heart attack risk for tax accountants. Type a men more likely to have heart attack. Stress related to everyday academic stressors in students.
