Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Adrenal Medulla, Anterior Pituitary, Glucocorticoid

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Glucocorticoids hormone released when you are stressed. If prolonged can destroy your brains cells and can lead to hypertension and anxiety disorders. Stress: is a pattern of physiological behaviour, emotional, and cognitive response to real or imagined stimuli that are perceived as blocking a goal or endangering our well-being: can be anything. Stressors: catastrophes, life changes highest is death of a spouse (100, if we go over 100 in one year, we are susceptible to having high stress, hassels. Intervening factors: appraisal can i handle it, perceived control, personality type a and b people (a more likely to be stressed, social support number of people we have to talk to, coping. Cortisol: effects similar to epinephrine, converts protein to glucose, makes fat available for energy. ***almost every cell in the body has a receptor for glucocorticoids. Stress can suppress the immune system, making the person more vulnerable.