PSY 1102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Explanatory Style, Endorphins, Dementia

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Pages 486 - 511 in textbook: stress: (a. 1 - a. 3) Stress usually comes unpredictably, affects us all differently o. Ie: one person alone in a home would not respond to floor creaks; whereas, another person may be completely paranoid of a burglar. 85% recalled stress in the past three months o. 18% male, 39% female university students recalled being overwhelmed by stress caused by all the things they had to do during the year. Selye, when we"re stressed we respond with the general adaptation syndrome (gas): o. Phase one: alarm reaction (encounter stressor, fight or flight) Heart rate zooms, blood diverted to skeletal muscles, feel faintness of shock o o up) Phase two: resistance (our body does whatever it takes to escape stressor) Phase three: exhaustion (our bodies are completely worn out, resources are used. Become more vulnerable to illness, collapse or death. High stress = high risk for serious illness, o shortened, speed up aging process.