L33 Psych 100B Study Guide - Final Guide: Cognitive Test, Hans Selye, Immune System
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General adaptation syndrome (selye: alarm stage (emergency response) Kicks in to allow us to deal with the stress. Increases stress resistance: resistance stage (defenses maximized) Stress resistance highest: exhaustion stage (systems fail) Stress and the immune system: measured undergraduates" stress levels, swabbed the noses of those who developed colds, found the correlations between them. Stressor: types: environmental, social, psychological, dimensions: intensity, duration, predictability, valence. Resources: suprapersonal: money, medical care, interpersonal: support network, professional. Person: physical: health, constitution, psychological: cognitive appraisal, perceived control, personality, coping skills/style. Cognitive appraisal: look at children with high/low scores in achievement tests, no difference in normal days, difference in cortisol levels on test day (higher level for lower scores) Personality and stress: heart disease and type a behavior pattern. Hostile reason for getting heart disease. Coping strategies (folkman and lazarus: emotion-focused coping emotional response to the situation. Positive interpretation/reappraisal: problem-focused coping try to put problems to a positive light; focuses on dealing with the stressor/problem.
