PSYC 3170 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Lymph Node, Psychological Stress, Cerebral Cortex

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3170
• Professor: Gerry Goldberg

Document Summary

Is a negative emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical physiological cognitive and behavioural changes that are directed either towards the altering the stressful situation or accommodating it: one of the best illustrations of the mind-body relationships. Stressors: stressful events themselves, noise crowds etc, studying them has helped to avoid the stressors r to cope, how to perceive them helps as well. Resistance- makes effort to cope with the threat. Exhaustion- if the organism fails to overcome the threat and depletes its physiological resources: provides interplay b. w. physiological/environmental, physiological mechanism for stress illness relationship. Very limited role in psychological factors; most believe appraisal of events psychologically is vital to stress: 2. The assumption that responses to stress are uniform is challenged: 3. Assessed stress as an outcome; while ppl feel it while anticipating a stressor. In addition to fight/flight humans respond to stress with social and nurturing behaviour.