PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Hans Selye, Common Cold, Allostasis
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According to some sources, college is one of the peak periods of stress in their lives. How do you measure stress? (in a quantified way) Stressful life events: catastrophes, unpredictable, large-scale events. Can either be human caused or natural i. In the experiment, tests on rats by injecting saline (control) or other substances (independent). (dependent) rats developed bleeding ulcers and other forms of stress indicators: alarm reaction (mobilize resources, stage of resistance (cope with stressor, exhaustion (reserves depleted) Autonomic nervous system: sam - sympathetic adrenal medullary, adrenaline & noradrenaline active (fight or flight) If you were actually injured from a physical threat, this helps to inhibit inflammation for more sustained life support . Cortisol is actually changes based on cycle of day and time. Observed how the stress response in animals are heightened when in the face of a direct physical threat (prey & predator) Noted that humans do the same for purely psychological situations.
