PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Basal Ganglia, Panic Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder
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Health psychology: area of study that focuses on health and psychology: importance of lifestyle factors to physical health. Well-being: when we feel our best and want to strive for optimal health. Psychologists who study well-being rely on the experimental and statistical methods of psychology to see the interrelations between thoughts, actions, physical and mental health. Psychological factors, social conditions and biological characteristics are all related. It is both behavioural and physiological that exceed an organism"s abilities to respond in a health way. Coping response: anything that the person does to avoid/escape from stress. Eustress: positive stress short lived but it is a motivating factor. Distress: negative short/long term and is opposite of motivation. Stressful event brain hypothalamus sends chemical message . Colds stress weakens the immune system. Long term problems include: increased blood pressure, cardiac disease, diabetes, declining sexual interest, dwarfism.