PSYC 328 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 - Sept 17.doc

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 328
• Professor: Blaine Ditto

Document Summary

Body systems: health psychology developed due to the ability of thought and behaviour to affect physiology and health, evolution allowed for movement of cells to get food and to avoid predators. Respiratory system: what can go wrong: the respiratory system cannot use glucose without oxygen, infection: common site. Inhaling virus or bacteria can lead to a cold, pneumonia, tuberculosis, etc: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd): repeated infec- tion, smoking, etc. It can produce long-term damage (chronic bron- chitis and/or emphysema: asthma: airway narrowing due to functional factors, e. g. , allergy, lung cancer. The ans in action: the baroreflex: everyday examples include checking the effects of squatting and standing. Endocrine system: peripheral nervous system is responsible for short term, fast acting bodily changes, the endocrine system is responsible for slow acting responses for a longer duration, regulated primarily by the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland.