PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Communalism, Reciprocal Inhibition, Stressor
16 Aug 2016
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Study of how people stay healthy, why they become ill, and how they respond when ill: study of stress, distress, and the effects on the body, doctoral programs are offered in health psychology. Stress: physical and mental response to a challenging or a threatening experience. Distress: destructive form of the stress response. Frustration: mild form of stress due to being blocked from reaching goal. Pressure: demands on time, ability, and knowledge. Conflict: torn between two choices: approach-approach: choosing between two things you want, avoidance-avoidance: choosing between two things you do not want to do, approach-avoidance: can desire and dislike goal at the same time. Extreme or traumatic stressors: catastrophe: event resulting in sudden and violent deaths, 5 stages people go through after catastrophe (pg. 529 ) Automatic action (going through life like a robot) Communal effort (collaborate with others, help each other) Societal stressors- resulting from pressure in one"s social, cultural or economic environment.
