PSYA02H3 : Chpt 16 txt nts

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: John Bassili

Document Summary

Chapter 16: lifestyle, stress, and health: cultural evolution, the law of effect, lifestyle, unhealthy lifestyles (negative biological implications) behaviours can be acquired and maintained by both biological and psychological factors. Stress & stressor (fight or flight response) walter cannon. heart rate +, bp +, blood vessels constrict, blood sugar levels +, blood flow directed towards major organs. breathing = deeper & faster, air passages dilate. These changes are adaptive (prep the body to deal w/ stressor) 2 cases stress can be maladaptive: www. notesolution. com: too much anxiety to perform task, prolonged and severe stress bad for health, hans selye"s general adaptation syndrome (gas, alarm, resistance, exhaustion, behavioural responses, autonomic responses, sympathetic branch, adrenal glands. cortisol: cognitive appraisal, richard lazarus agues our perception determines the extent of the stress we experience, hardy individuals (show little risk of becoming ill during or after chronic stress)