Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Adrenal Gland, Sympathetic Nervous System

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Corey Isaacs

Document Summary

Stress viewed as in three different ways (stimulus, response, and organism-environment. Stimulus (stressors) situations that place demands on organisms that tax or exceed thei. Stress a pattern of cognitive appraisals, physiological responses, and behavioural tende response to a perceived imbalance between situational demands and the resources need. Microstressors daily hassles and everyday annoyances we encounter. Events major crime, sexual abuse, death/loss of loved one. Catastrophic events unexpected(natural disasters, acts of war, etc. ) Life event scales questionnaires that measure the number of positive and negativ occurred over a specific period of time (to study linkages btw life events and well-be. Four aspects of appraisal process are of particular significance: Secondary appraisal of resources available to cope with it. Judgments of what consequences of situation could be. Appraisal of personal meaning (what the outcome might imply about us) General adaptation syndrome (gas) a physiological response pattern to strong an. Alarm reaction a rapid increase in physiological arousal.