PSY340H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hans Selye, Cognitive Psychology, Cardiovascular Disease
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Psychological problems can cause physiological problems, as research shows psychological issues may cause ulcers, cancer, heart attack. Because it feels good, you want to feel good because you do not feel good, and the number one thing why people do not feel good, is because of stress. Health psychology, neuroscience and cognitive psychology are three fast growing subdivision that are currently in fast development. Hans selye developed the concept of stress as the nonspeci c response of the body to demands to adjust to a wide range of changes. Our response to loud noise is built in by evolution, because of danger that may be signalled by the loud noise. Startle re ex is the re ex of surprise, wondering what just happened, and. Ght-or- ight response is the heart beat and respiration, it is also a physiological response. Also a lot of species tend to have freeze response, so they cannot move, especially rodents show this trend.
