PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Stress Relaxation, Cognitive Restructuring, Hypothalamus
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Psychology is the educational, research, and clinical contributions of psychology to: the promotion and maintenance of health, the prevention and treatment of illness, the analysis and improvement of the health care system and health policy formation. 50% of all deaths are preventable - due to lifestyles. Stress: a state that impairs our ability to respond to internal and external demands. Stress is a stimulus e. g. , catastrophies, life events, circumstances. Stress is a process (relationship between person and environment) Modern views of stress: richard lazarus: stress is a transaction between a person and their environment. Primary appraisal: person evaluates situations as benign or stressful. Secondary appraisal: person decides how to deal with stress: lazarus identifies three types of stress: Loss: person loses a loved one or a possession. Appraisal of stress: we can influence the impact of a stressor a)behaviorally e. g. , drug use vs. relaxation b)cognitively e. g. , denial vs. cognitive restructuring c)emotionally e. g. , hopelessness vs. optimism.
