FRHD 2060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sympathetic Nervous System, Byrsonima Crassifolia, Atherosclerosis
29 Oct 2017
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Longevity health and functioning & intro to mental health. Sympathetic nervous system (controls heart rate, respiration, perspiration, blood. Different physiological processes and also different ways of coping with stress in general. Interaction of a thinking person and an event. Two people stuck in traf c - different levels of stress. Appraisal (lazarus and folkman, 1984) process of taking in your environment and catalyze the event, immediate natural response. Reappraisal - changes in the situation may change the appraisal. Men under stress opt for ght or ight whereas women tend and befriend (usually) Death of a spouse; can horrify and paralyze somebody - many factors need to be considered; was it due to an illness, an accident? ect. but somebody may not be effected as much. Event > appraisal > coping > event outcome > emotion outcome. ** you should know two ways of coping** Problem-focused coping: attack the problem itself; deal with it.
