PSY 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Viral Load, Procrastination, Type A And Type B Personality Theory
10 Nov 2016
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Important insight: your psychological well being has an impact on your physical well being. Stress: the nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it. An event(s) that are interpreted as threatening to an individual which elicit physiological & behavioral responses. Any situation that is taxing your body. Stressor: a stimulus event that places a demand on an organism for some kind of adaptive response. Acute stress: transient (short) states of arousal. Big impact now but will go away. Bodily response = body & brain preparing to do something flight or fight response. Chronic stress: enduring arousal, continuing over time. Ppl who are targets of prejudice = victims of chronic stress. Alarm reaction resistance (how much can you resist stress?) Social support: talk about something you would like to change about yourself . Conflict: discuss & try to resolve one/two marital issues that are conflictual. Experiment considers both long term hostility & situational hostility.
