PSYCH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Sympathetic Nervous System, Psychoneuroimmunology, Immune System

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1100
• Professor: Rebecca Kirchner

Document Summary

Stressor itself is something that is a source of stress. Source of stress: stressful event, like a wedding, chronic stressor, that occurs consistently and repeatedly, like sitting in traffic. Stress response: fight or flight response, hans selye"s general adaptation syndrome (gas) three stages. Alarm: when the stressor is first perceived, the sympathetic nervous system reacts. Resistance: when the stressors continue, then comes the periods of arousal. Subjects are trying to balance two things simultaneously. (exams and breaking up) Exhaustion: energy drops to a very low level. Sympathetic adrenal-medullary system (sam: release of adrenaline and noradrenaline into the bloodstreams, immediate, quick response. (flight or fight) Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (hpa: slower to develop, prolonged stress response, stress activates the hpa axis. Tend and befriend: alternative to fight or flight, for females: associated with a hormone, oxytocin. Socioeconomic status (ses): involves your income, occupation, and education.