PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Executive Functions, Learned Helplessness, Autonomic Nervous System
11 Apr 2016
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--strong stressors that occur suddenly and typically afect many people simultaneously. --may or may not result in long-lasing stress. Ex: death of loved one, life-threatening illness, geing married. --typically produce immediate major reacion that tapers of. Ex: being stuck in traic, unhappy relaionship, bad job. --add up; may take as great a toll as single, more stressful event. Higher number associated with greater psychological health problem. --many result from cataclysmic event or personal stressor. Persistent tension: sleep disturbance, hypervigilance, exaggerate startle response. Avoidance of things associated with trauma (avoidance behavior) Suicide rate for vietnam vets 25 imes higher than general populaion. The course of stress: selye"s general adaptaion syndrome. --physiological response to stress follows same patern, no mater what stressor: alarm and mobilizaion. --seen more among college students, corporate execuives than general populaion. Predicts as well as any other single factor. --eforts to master, reduce, or tolerate demands created by stress.
