PSY220H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Trier Social Stress Test, Cortisol, Libido
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Exam, accident, public speaking, etc: response is fast and it should go away, chronic stress, constant and persists over an extended period of time, ex. Loss of libido, and joint pain associated with stress. Its evaluative no positive responses seen: social people watching, evaluative social stress, psychological components of threat, threat things become threat full and stress you out, uncertainty and high blood pressure. Low sense of personal control sense of control: study in nursing home generally healthy people. December 2, 2019: high control asked how much control they had in their situation, given plant to take care of. Lottery winners weren"t actually happier than controls and over time it doesn"t give pleasure: pursuing happiness can backfire. Lead to thinks like support giving, altruism, etc. Planet earth indicator of emotion: pro-inflammatory cytokines - kind of like cortisol don"t want without stressor.
