PSY BEH 104S Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Perceived Control, Cardiovascular Disease, Construals
28 Nov 2016
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Social cognition & interpersonal perception: dual process thinking, early work on impression formation asch (1946, attribution theory. Kelley"s shortha(cid:374)d causal pri(cid:374)(cid:272)iples: some examples of attributional reasoning. Thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and social processes can influence health. Effects of stress is a major area of research. Phenomenon that occurs when a person perceives or appraises the environment to be a threat to their resources or their well-being (lazarus & folkman, 1984) How does our body react to stress: activates hpa axis & sns (and others) Long term (chronic) = ?: great chances of risks: heart disease, cancer, ulcers, stroke, infection, et(cid:272) . Almost every health problem is more prevalent in lower ses individuals. Living locations: suburban vs. urban, differences in violence rates. Health : (less stress, less disease, lo(cid:374)ger sur(cid:448)i(cid:448)al ) Shelley taylor"s studies of (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:449)ith (cid:271)reast (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:272)er: downward social comparisons, perceived control*
