PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Hans Selye, Coronary Artery Disease, Psoriasis

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Gerald Goldberg, Miranda Di Lorenzo, Nikoo Norouzian, JongJin Kim, Eden Champagne

Document Summary

Biopsychosocial model : holds that physical illness is caused by a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. Contagious versus chronic diseases (goldberg, lecture 17, slide 5) Is concerned with how physical factors relate to the promotion and maintenance of health and with the causation, prevention, and treatment of illness. Social support is important for every kind of disease. 20-25% of canadians report that most of their days are either quite or extremely stressful. Any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to threaten one"s well-being and that thereby tax one"s coping abilities (weiten and mccann) Classification of stressors by complexity (goldberg, lecture 17, slide 9) Acute (short duration with clear endpoint) ex. that next midterm. Chronic (long duration with no clear endpoint) ex. looking after a family member with severe disabilities. Stress is the nonspecific response of the body to any demand placed upon it (hans selye) Releases stress hormones when people are deprived of reinforcement.