PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hans Selye, Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis, Telomerase

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 102
• Professor: Sherri Atwood

Document Summary

Stress and stressors have both immediate and cumulative effects that can influence health. Stress: physical and psychological response to internal or external stressors. Stressors: specific events or chronic pressures that place demands on a person or threaten the person"s well-being. Health psychology: subfield of psychology concerned with ways psychological factors influence the causes and treatment of physical illness and the maintenance of health. The degree of life change is a significant indicator of the person"s future illness: major life changes cause stress and that increased stress causes illness. Chronic stressors: sources of stress that occur continuously or repeatedly: effects can accumulate and be long-lasting, chronic stressors have been shown to be linked to environments through environmental psychology. Stressors challenge you to do something about it having lack of control over the situation can add to the stress. Studies show that perceived control over stressful events can be related to more effective coping.