PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Heart Rate, Norepinephrine, Bone Marrow

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1002
• Professor: Lorena Ruci

Document Summary

Stress response can be compared to response to airplane trying to take off. When well being is threatened, body systems are on high alert (heart, blood vessels, immune system: quote. Acute stress: reaction of the body to immediate threat caused by: noise, crowding, isolation, danger, infection. Once the acute threat has passed, or you found a way to deal with it, the response become inactivated and levels of stress hormones return to normal: relaxation response. Chronic stress: caused by ongoing stressful situation that aren"t short-lived and the urge to act must be suppressed; organism is constantly on high alert: loneliness, relationship problems, work/school, finances. The invention of a new disease, acute stress disorder (asd) Homeostasis: our body"s inclination to maintain balance. Homeostasis is disrupted when there is chronic stress; try to restore balance, but can"t. Symptoms must occur from 2 days to 4 weeks: emotional numbness, memory loss, anxiety, sleep difficulties, detachment.