PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Sympathetic Nervous System, Autonomic Nervous System, Walter Bradford Cannon

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Gerry Goldberg

Document Summary

Health psychology: concerned with how psychosocial factors relate to the promotion and maintenance of health and with the causation, prevention, and treatment of illness. Primary appraisal: an initial evaluation of whether an event is (1) irrelevant to you, (2) relevant but not threatening, or (3) stressful (i. e. whether you see an exam stressful) Secondary appraisal: an evaluation of your coping resources and options for dealing with the stress (how stressful the exam appeared) Neurotic people report more stress than others. Stress appraisal measure developed by the university of toronto"s edward. Peacock and trent university"s paul wong can be used to assess individual diferences. Major types of stress: acute stressors are threatening events that have a relatively short duration and a clear endpoint, chronic stressors are threatening events that have a relatively long duration and no readily apparent time limit. Stress is the nonspeciic response of the body to any demand placed upon it (hand selye)