PSY 1102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Learned Helplessness, Preconscious, Isabel Briggs Myers

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Gary Capstick

Document Summary

Chapter 12: stress and health: stress and illness, stress and stressors. A. 1 definition: process both biological and psychological. Includes negative reactions to a situation perceived as threatening (beyond our abilities to cope with it) Stressed because of the way we evaluate and interpret situations. Process by which we perceive and respond to certain events called stressors that we appraise as threatening or challenging. Fight/flight response is necessary for the body under short- term, acute stress: long- term = toxic to the body. If stress is prolonged, there is a large toll on cardiovascular system; can be compounded by prejudice. Immune system underreacts when cancers and viruses spread. B. 2 stress and the heart immune function. Solution to the answer was stress. B. 3 stress and aids. Stress does not create cancer cells, but can increase the risk of developing cancer. Study gave mice breast cancer purposefully: 1 group was stressed and the other wasn"t, human studies have mixed results.