PSYC 3170 Lecture 11: Week 11

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3170
• Professor: Jennifer Mills

Document Summary

#1 killer of both men and women in canada. Heart and stroke foundation estimates that 1 in 4 canadians have htn, heart disease or arteriosclerosis. Direct and indirect costs of this is extremely high. Not just a disease that affects elderly people: sudden death due to heart attack or stroke. Atherosclerosis: the narrowing of the arteries from plaque. Arteriosclerosis: if the plaque becomes hard, then you get hardening of the arteries; decreases flexibility, which results in the body not being able to accommodate for changes in blood pressure. Among the employed, more often on a monday between 6 and 11 am: in part due to waking and becoming active shortly after dreaming which increases bp. Psychology: in part because of circadian rhythm effects, increases in arousal hormones and blood pressure. Can also be social because a lot of women experience a double workday (work and then. More inclined to have it as a behavioural factor.