PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Psychosomatic Medicine, Type A And Type B Personality Theory, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Stress: a disruption in psychological and physiological functioning that occurs when an event is perceived as a threat to our goals and we cannot cope with the stressor. Biopsychosocial model: stress is composed of three components. Frustration: occurs when the pursuit of some goal is met with difficulty. Pressure: expectations or demands that you behave in a certain manner. Life changes: any changes in one"s living circumstances that require readjustment. Is there a relationship between stress and subsequent illness: social readjustment rating scale (holmes and rahe): helps to identify people who are at high risk for stress-related problems. It contains a list of major life events that require readjustment. Creation of a prospective study from a retrospective study. Life events are arbitrarily measured in life change units (lcu) marriage is 50 lcu. Daily hassles: frequent and minor hassles are better predictors of day-to-day health major events affect health 1-2 years later.