PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Adrenal Gland, Allostatic Load, Sympathetic Nervous System
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Lecture 7: an external or internal event or situation that places a physical or psychological demand on a person, stress, the internal psychological or physiological response to a stressor, how we respond to the environmental stimuli. Ibropfin was used to elevate social pain: helps protect the individual from physical pain. Fight or flight: these mechanisms work together! Allostatic load: this wear and tear for using resources to activate the mechanisms to help you adapt and cope to stress. Personality traits will change the way you observe something as a threat or not. Thalamus is important as it is the information processing center, and is important to the human stress response. Gains information from the sensory receptors and sending the information to cortexes of the brain. Amygdala, the central brain regions in the stress response of the individual. Within a few ms the amygdala is activated. It sends messages to the parts of the brain so respond as soon as possible.
