PSYC 328 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hans Selye, Endocrinology, Animal Testing
6 Apr 2018
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Think back in high school- a pop up quiz. Negative feeling- in high school with a pop up quiz you were not happy. Affects of the body on digestion, sweating, breathing. Changes occur so you might think certain thoughts to change the event or get used to the event. If stressor is a mean boss- you can alter the stressful event by quitting or self-talk to see them being mean is their problem not yours. Humans have physical and psychological stressors and animals mostly physical. Stressors have been categorized by the length of their there. Acute- don"t last long, minutes, animal that is being chased by a predator. Chronic- long time, more in days or many hours but not minutes, often psychological but don"t have to be. 6 key moments of stress moments: cannon and the fight or flight response. Cannon was a physiologist and interested in physiologist reaction animals have when they are stressed.
