PSYC-241 Lecture 5: Stress and Maladaptation
12 May 2019
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Stress and maladaptation: stress: physical and psychological responses to stressful situations. When it strains our ability to cope (or threatens to). Occasional bouts can strengthen our immune system: misconception: stress is purely psychological, trivial. Implication: it"s all in your head = psychosomatic. Mind the cause, only the perception of a problem instead of a real one: brain/body connection. Brain and body connected through a nervous system. They affect one another in a real way: psychoneuroimmunology: until recently, medicine trivialized the role of mental states in bodily function. Relationship between mental processes, the cns, and the immune system: general adaptation syndrome: alarm reaction: adrenaline, sns, anxiety experienced. Super useful and adaptive for survival: sources of stress = stressors: some situations tend to be objectively stressful. Often involve situations of significant change to routine. Unpredictable outcomes: major life events: premise: major life events should cause the most stress.
