PSY 1102 Study Guide - Psychophysiology, Endorphins, Perceived Control

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Stress and illness: chronic stress is detrimental to health, increases risk to diseases and such, acute stress defends you, against dangerous shit. Stress and stressors: stress is the process where we cope with situations that include threats or challenges. It arises not from the events, but how we deal with the event: stress can make us stronger, but too much is bad to our health. If in this stage for too long, chronic health issues. People with severe chronic stress had degraded telomeres and aged early. Stressful life events: catastrophes, significant life changes, daily hassles. Significant life changes: younger people are more stressed than older people, people subject to stress have higher chance of sickness. Stress and the heart: high blood pressure cad (closing of vessels that nourish heart muscle, stress predicts heart disease, type a personality: aggressive, super motivated, etc. More chd prone: accelerate build up of plaque(cholesterol) on artery walls.