PSYA02H3 Final: Examnotes-ch16.doc

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Jordan

Document Summary

Cultural evolution the adaptive change of a culture to recurrent environmental pressures. A product of human intellect and physical capacity (both have strong genetic components) Stress a pattern of psychology, behavioural, and cognitive responses to stimuli (real or imagined) that are perceived as endangering one"s well being. 2 cases in which such responses can be maladaptive: 1) stress can produce anxiety (impair one"s ability to perform a task, 2) involves the effects of prolonged and severe stress. Selye"s general adaptation syndrome: effects of dealing with prolonged and severe stressors on body stems from work of hans selye, chronic exposure to sever stressors produces a sequence of 3 physiological stages: Resistance plummets to below-normal levels leaves organism susceptible to illness and even death. The above 3 stages are part of the general adaptation syndrome (gas) the model proposed by. Selye to describe the body"s adaptation to chronic exposure to severe stressors.