PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Coronary Artery Disease, Traffic Congestion, Learned Helplessness

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 102
• Professor: Simon Lolliot

Document Summary

Stress: traumatic events, unpredictable -> stressful, developing ptsd, having vivid and psychologically violent flashback, life changes, correlated with major health outcomes. If experience many major life changes: may develop coronary heart disease, hassles, day-to-day experience of stress: pretty good predictor of day-to-day health, examples, traffic jam, annoying co-worker. Example: nurses: more perceived control vs less perceived control, higher job-satisfaction, lower blood pressure. Example 2: no matter what you do, you cannot escape the outcome: but you are placed in a situation where you are able to do something, but you don"t, learned helplessness. If you cannot change the stressor: emotion-focused coping. If we can do something about the stressor: problem-focused coping. Social support (perceived: how to handle stress, changes the way we experience pain, boosted immunity, reduced stress hormones, better sleep. Type a & b people: type a: 7x more likely to suffer coronary heart disease, aggression & hostility.