PSYCH 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Humoral Immunity, Cortisol, Antigen
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Recognition: recognize whether things in the body are threats or not; determine whether it"s self or not self if not self, what kinds of things are they (virus? bacteria? etc) Humoral immunity: b cells produce antibodies which neutralizes antigens and makes it easier for the body to destroy them. Cell-mediated immunity: t cells recognize specific antigen; come into contact with other cells and inspects if they are foreign or not. Physical exertion is not a big contributor to cortisol levels; need a lot (at 75% of max heart rate) to get an increase in cortisol. Motivated performance with uncontrollability no matter what you do, there is no way to change the outcome. Social evaluative threat something about yourself could be judged negatively by others. Increase in effect size from passive tasks motivated performance motivated performance with uncontrollability motivated performance with social-evaluative threat motivated performance with social-evaluative threat and uncontrollability. Cortisol levels are higher during competition than during lab stressors.
