PSYC 3604 Study Guide - Natural Killer Cell, Acute Stress Reaction, Psychoneuroimmunology

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3604
• Professor: Connie Kristiansen

Document Summary

This is the beginning of the final exam material. Goals for today"s class : chapter 6: stress disorders & health psychology, dsm: sleep-wake disorders. Psychoneuroimmunology & the role of social support in maintaining health. Insomnia, hypersomnolence, narcolepsy, non-rapid eye movement sleep. Arousal disorder, nightmare disorder: treatments for insomnia. From the text : chapter 6: stress disorders & health psychology. What is stress: two perspectives , the stress response: It somthing that disrupts the normal functioning of our physiology. Or an event that leads one to feel stress. What makes us feel stressed: what is stress: Its an imbalance of the body"s functioning. It a feeling that you perceived uncontrollable and threatening in response to a stressor/event/stimulus. : (1) anything that disrupts physiological balance, or, (2) events that lead to (1) an imbalance in the body"s functioning, or, (2) a subjective feeling. Stress: produced by events perceived as uncontrollable and threatening (stressors).