PSYCH 243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Itch
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Psych 243 lecture 16 effects of long-term stress. Important features of the stressors: environmental (what dangers are present), psychological, social (people), negative family (only model a child knows is family), and incorrect beliefs. Important features of the person: prior history, vulnerability, personal control, resiliency, and lifestyle. Digestive: post-meal nausea, throat spasm, colitis, irritable bowel syndrome. Nervous: reduced nerve cell growth and repair. Reproduction system: low sperm in males, pregnancy and birth issues in females. Repair is slowed and aging speeds up. Progeria: chromosomal dysfunction that causes children to age rapidly. Hermetic stress: short-term stress that strengthens our body and prolongs life. Stressors depress cognitive functions of memorizing, problem solving, planning, and remembering. Fight or flight hormones affect brain areas involved in emotions, memory, and decision- making. As people age, stress depresses problem solving. Anger: can be justified with unfairness: can become hostile if not controlled. Guilt: stress from violating own values: six types of guilt.
