PSYC1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cardiovascular Disease, Health Promotion, Telepathy
Health Psychology:
Social, behavioral, cognitive and emotional factors that influence well-being and illness.
Health promotion and disease prevention:
Stress and Illness:
3 views of stress:
- Stress as a stimulus (stressors)
- Stress as a response (stress reaction)
- Stress as an interaction between person and environment (stress mediators).
Acute stress: sudden, typically short-lived, threatening event (e.g. robbery, giving a speech).
Chronic stress: ongoing environmental demand (e.g. marital conflict, work stress, personality)
Catastrophes – unpredictable, large-scale, potentially life-threatening events
- Rates of psychological disorders such as anxiety and depression increase after catastrophes
Microstressors: daily irritations and annoyances including peak-hour traffic, housemates etc.
- Associated with burnout and heart disease
Physiological responses:
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Cognitive responses:
Cognitive appraisals
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Document Summary
Social, behavioral, cognitive and emotional factors that influence well-being and illness. Stress as an interaction between person and environment (stress mediators). Acute stress: sudden, typically short-lived, threatening event (e. g. robbery, giving a speech). Chronic stress: ongoing environmental demand (e. g. marital conflict, work stress, personality) Rates of psychological disorders such as anxiety and depression increase after catastrophes. Microstressors: daily irritations and annoyances including peak-hour traffic, housemates etc. Impact of major stressors depends on how people perceive them. Unpredictable and uncontrollable stressors increase impact of stressor. Process of managing the discrepancy between the demands of the situation and the available resources. Can alter the stress problem or regulate response. Aimed at controlling emotional response to stressor. Denial or repression cognitive effort to detach. Escape avoidance wishful thinking or avoiding it. Self control modulating ones feelings in response to the stressor. Accepting responsibility acknowledging role in situation while trying to put things right.
