PSY 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Biopsychosocial Model, Super Bowl, Stress Management
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Discuss the causes and consequences of obesity. Discuss the causes and consequences of smoking. After a superbowl loss, heart attacks and death increase in the losing team"s city. General condition of the body and mind in terms of soundness and vigor, not just absence of illness. Link between nervous system, immune system, behavioral styles, cognitive processing, and environmental influences. Biolgical charcteristics thoughts/actions, lifestyles, stress, health beliefs. Genetic predispositions, exposure to microbes, brain and other nervous system development. Environments, cultural influence, family relationships, social support. Ways they respond when they become ill. Harnessing the mind to heal the body. Smoking is a leading cause of death and a global phenomenon. Adolescents are influenced by their parents, friends, and the media. Especially if you exercise in your middle age. As effective as medication for preventing diabetes or heart disease or recovery after heart attack. Discuss sex differences in responses to stressors. Pattern of specific and non-specific responses that disturb equilibrium; a response.
