PSY333H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tachycardia, Cortisol, Lymph Node
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Stress and moderators of the stress experience. no better link between psychology and health than stress. Stress: negative emotional experience can have positive outcome. Jobs, school, work, time: relationships: college students: 1/3 stressful events caused by relationships geared towards altering the event or accomodating to it"s effects. How to spend money work family time balance fair distribution of childcare/household tasks illness divorce: work pressure long hours, constant deadlines, responsibility ex. Looked at 200 adult commuters higher cortisol with longer commute cortisol = stress hormone. Looked at a vigilance task, proofreading an esay and correctily nding errors, number of errors caught was inversely related to length of commute. Torn between goals (travel/work; eat/lose weight: lack of control. Wait in line at post of ce; traf c jam. Phsyical: involves direct material or bodily challenge. Psychological: invovles how we perceive circumstances in our lives.