PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor, Xerostomia, Neuroimaging

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Chronic stress: pathways are adapive to immediate stressor (ight or light) examples: low status, women pregnant during famine, women who raise disabled children. When stress is frequent, this can damage systems (immune, cardiovascular) Stress and ulcers: direct cause is bacteria; stress factor is indirect. Stress supresses immune system, less able to ight bacteria. 1 yr. of chronic stress=6 yrs. of telomere shortening. Stress response is more damaging than stressor because we don"t turn it of. Studied baboons to see if they were like humans, they were. Submissive male=high stress, high heart rate, high blood pressure, decreased immune system. Babies born during the dutch famine had nervous system problems and several health issues. Stress and weight distribuion, stomach fat related to stress, Developmental psychology: examines physical cogniive and social development across the lifespan. Coninuity/stages- some aspects of development are gradual, some are abrupt. Stability/change what traits are consistent across life. Tends to happen inn order (crawl then walk)