Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Coronary Artery Disease, Prefrontal Cortex

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

Document Summary

Stress, coping and health chapter 15 psych notes: Neurological disorder immune system attacks and breaks down myelin sheath of neurons cannot transmit action potentials efficiently. Psychological and physical well-being = complex interaction of environmental demands, personal and enviro. The nature of stress: stress seen as: stimulus (stressor), response (cognitive, physiological and behavioural) and an organism-environment reaction, or, inclusive model: transaction between the organism and the environment. Stress is a pattern of cognitive appraisals, physiological responses and behavioural tendencies. Place demands that endanger our well-being and require adaptation. Microstressors (daily hassles) catastrophic events(unexpected and affect a lot of people), major negative events (death, crime, failures ) Measuring stressful life events: life event scales link between life events and well being (quantify amount of stress a person experiences over given period) May be asked to record appraisal ( +/-), major vs. day to day event, predictability, controllability, duration. Appraisal of the: demands, resource availability, consequences, personal meaning.