PSYC 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Junk Food, Asthma, Allostatic Load
13 Oct 2015
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Threats turn to stress, challenges aren"t so bad o. Physical illness has a toll on the body. Goals that aren"t met (such as being rejected) can be stressful: family o. Relationships with others: new kid, marital strain and divorce o. 23% higher level of stress hormone and 15% lower antibody. Meta-analysis uses data from multiple studies for your study: jobs, environment, full time workers tend to be more stressed, neighborhood, safety, discrimination, social economic status (ses) Consequences of stress: impact of stress on health is not specific, bulldozer effect, diathesis-stress model, psychological cycle, physiological, prolonged stress. Allostatic load: stress will make you more likely to develop illnesses if you have a predisposition for an illness or make illness worse, mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, ptsd, etc. Rumination: thinking about the stressor over and over (never ending. Costs on the body due to repeated/prolonged stress not then the body burns out and physiological problems arise.
