PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Savings Account, Catecholamine, Natural Killer Cell

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Definition: concerned with the role of behavior and psychological factors in preventing illness and maintaining good health. 3 major killers in canada: heart disease, cancer, stroke. : tobacco, being overweight, inactivity, stress, diet & alcohol. Physical and psychological response to perceived environmental threat. Stressors: threatening or challenging events that place demands on the person. A) factors that render events more harmful: unpredictability/ uncertainty, pressure, lack of control, repeated exposure/ chronicity, loss and failure, conflict. Melissa has an old car that is desperately in need of expensive repairs. She is trying to decide whether she should spend the ,500 she has in her savings account to repair her old clunker. If she repairs it, she will have reliable transportation again, but it also means that she will not be able to take time off from work over the holidays. Ted is very agitated about an upcoming presentation that he must give.