Psychology 1100E Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Endorphins, Autonomic Nervous System, Emotional Contagion

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1100E
• Professor: Irene Cheung

Document Summary

Health state of physical, mental and social well-being. Health psychology the study of positive/negative effects that human behaviour/decisions have on their health. Smoking: #1 preventable cause of death/disease, psychosocial predictors of substance use: Social contagion through interaction, we become more like our peers. Make risks more salient (warning lables on the boxes) Make it less normative (prevent in public places, less cool) Make it harder to do (smoking bans, increased taxes) Stress psychological and physiological reaction that occurs when perceived demands exceed existing resources to meet those demands. Stressors physical or psychological stimuli: stress results from a perceived imbalance. Acute stress can be a good thing because it motivates us. Fight-or-flight response a set of physiological changes that occur in response to psychological or physical threats, as described by cannon. General adaption syndrome (gas) theory of stress responses involving stages of alarm, resistance and exhaustion.