PSYA02H3 Lecture : Chapter 16 Lecture notes + Slides
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stress: a response to a stressor (something that is challenging in life: stressor: exam, computer stolen, fight with parents etc, stress response is a fight or flight. endocrine gland releases hormone to carry corresponding action. adaptive behaviour that gets you out of trouble: chronic or accumulated stress can be harmful for health. stress response: long term stress results in fracture, degeneration of neuron, worse immune system. Brain gets smaller: short term stress if good, female is more stress responsive than male. estrojen injection in males allow them to be more stress responsive. female with bigger social network is more stress responsive. post-t raumatic stress disorder: memory phenomenon that sticks to an individual and will not go away. Some stressors are so sensitive that one becomes hypersensitive to cues about the incident: symptoms of ptsd involve: nightmares hear rate increases when listening to the recording of the chronic event.
