PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Alcoholism, Telomere, Coronary Artery Disease
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The more you value love, the more life satisfaction on has. People who spend more on others are happier. People who spend more on others are happier in the future. People randomly assigned to spend on others (rather than themselves) are happier afterwards. Effects of stress related health-risk behaviours: smoking, alcoholism, unprotected sex, drugs, poor nutrition. Goals: life expectancy, reduce suffering, quality of life. Average medical school has 30 psychologists on faculty. Compared to an average of 2 in the 1950"s. Occurs in any circumstance (real or perceived that threatens a person"s well-being) Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges. Can be beneficial in small doses, or harmful if intense or prolonged. Psychology 102: developmental, social, personality, and clinical psychology. Outpouring of epinephrine and norepinephrine from the inner adrenal glands. Three phase stress response: alarm reaction (mobilize resources, resistance (cope with stressor, exhaustion (reserves depleted)
