PSYC 3P75 Lecture Notes - Reductionism, Acupuncture, Hans Selye
13 Sep 2014
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Cures for stress include: aroma therapy (there are some supportive research, reflexology, herbal supplements, acupuncture (all without scientific merit) Stressor: a specific problem, issue, challenge, personal conflict (external/internal) being a leafs fan, traffic, noise (rock music), crowding; perfectionism (internal stressor) Strain: the prolonged impact of a stressor on the system (overload), fatigue, precursor to illness (also a persons physiological and psychological response to a stressor) idea of being stress out," exhaustion. Jean claude bernard: vitalism a primitive idea that all living things contain a vital force that makes them. If you were to look at the components and learn, you would see that it is made up of moving parts, wheels and gears (mechanics) It has been suggested (and partially supported) that stress responses are specific: all states of stress are no different than being alive (we are constantly adapting to our environment physiologically) The idea is when you"re stressed there is a 3rd option of being nurturing.
