PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Allostatic Load, Cortisol
5 Dec 2017
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Stress the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events or stressors that we view as challenging or threatening: not an emotion reaction to a disturbing stimulus. Long term stress response: cortisol: a typical response to stress involves reactivity and recovery of stress hormones, stress hormones stimulate many bodily changes to ready the body to meet the challenge or threat, stress is natural. Acute and chronic stressors contribute to allostatic load: allostatic load: the cumulative long-ter(cid:373) effe(cid:272)ts of the (cid:271)ody"s physiologi(cid:272)al respo(cid:374)se to stress. The wear and tear on the body from stress exposure. Ex. (cid:9)watching(cid:9)a(cid:9)funny(cid:9) movie(cid:9)to(cid:9)take(cid:9)mind(cid:9) off(cid:9)anxiety: proactive vs. reactive, adaptive. Increase our functioning while decreasing the perceived level of stress: ex. Temporarily decrease the symptom while the stressor maintains its strength or becomes more stressful: ex. Drinking over- eating: avoidance: addictive substances, short term relief, withdrawing, denial, rumination, resignation (cid:9) (cid:9) (cid:9, many behaviors can be either ex.
