PSYC 1002 Study Guide - Final Guide: Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Defence Mechanisms, Learned Helplessness
14 Apr 2016
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Biopsychosocial model: holds that physical illness is caused by a complex interaction of biological, psychosocial & sociocultural factors. Health psychology: is concerned w/ how psychosocial factors relate to the promotion & maintenance of health and w/ the causation, prevention & treatment of illness. The experience of feeling stressed depends on what events one notices & how one chooses to appraise or interpret them. Primary appraisal: is an initial evaluation of whether an event is. When you view an event as stressful, you are likely to make a. Acute stressors: are threatening events that have a relatively short duration & a clear endpoint ex. Chronic stressors: are threatening events that have a relatively long duration & no readily apparent time limit ex. Frustration: occurs in any situation in which the pursuit of some goal is thwarted. You experience frustration when you want something & you can"t have it.
