PSYC 241 Chapter Notes -Condom, Operational Definition, Social Comparison Theory
31 Jan 2014
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Most psychology is interested in mental health, but social psychology is interested in physical health as well. Heath psychology: the study of physical health and psychology. Often physical health is correlated with lifestyle, outlook, and behaviour. The effect of stress is of particular interest. Stress is associated with irritability, anger, fatigue, lack of motivation, anxiety, depression, sadness, headaches, muscle tension, and stomach pains. There is clearly a wide range of psychological and physical symptoms here. Appraisal: making judgments about the perceived demands of a situation. This makes the difference between feeling capable to meet demands or experiencing stress. Coping: efforts to reduce stress. When we appraise a situation to be stressful part of the process includes determining an effective coping strategy. Stressors: anything that causes stress. Most stressors can be sorted into one of the following categories: crises and catastrophes, major life events, daily hassles.
