PSY 707 Lecture 3: PSY707_classnotes_chapter4
5 Oct 2016
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Chapter 4: stress, illness, and the immune system. 1: research strategies for examining stress and illness, the life events model of stress and illness, daily hassles model, linking stress, illness, and the immune system, strengthening the protective and immune systems. Illness: disease can be caused by a virus, genetic factors, or environmental conditions. Illness/sickness is the unhealthy state caused by the disease: the immune system is the body"s defense against infections. Sick role: people look for support and empathy from others when they are feeling ill. Research strategies for examining stress and illness: retrospective research design: simplest design; ask people to recall past illnesses and stressors. Research strategies for examining stress and illness: verify the following: What"s the direction of the correlation: prospective research design: a longitudinal design; examine a person"s stressors and illnesses for a set period of time. Research strategies for examining stress and illness (cont"d. : quality of data higher with prospective designs.
