PSY 1102 Lecture : Lecture notes for stress and health Lectures from Klempan's course from Winter 2010. Comments not part of class notes (extra information said in class) are in italics.

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Rosalinde Klempan

Document Summary

Process of perception and response to an event (stressor) that is perceived as physically or psychologically threatening or challenging. Stress understood by how person appraises situations in terms of. A pattern of physical or psychological responses that occur in different situations. Stimulus can be an event or set of circumstances that require unusual response. Body"s response to perceived threats is to prepare for emergency action. Stress hormones such as epinephrine and norepinephrine. Reaction known as fight or flight reaction. A nonspecific and automatic stress response pattern. Most physiological responses eventually return to normal. Specific resistance to stressor is up but general resistance to stress is down. If stressor continues over time the ability to resist it and other stressors collapse. Video: - stanford biologist did studies on baboons, which are stressed by their own social pressures because they do not have predator issues. Political savvy and aggression lead to leadership in packs.