PSYC 1010 Midterm: PSYC 1010 - Test 4 Notes

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Modules 40-41, modules 49-53, modules 54-56, modules 18-20, video #23. Demanding jobs that mentally exhaust workers also damage: behavioral medicine research provides a reminder of one of contemporary psychology"s overriding themes: Mind and body interact; everything psychological is simultaneously physiological. 1: even happy events, such as getting married, can be stressful, many of these changes happen during young adulthood. Stress also comes from daily hassles spotty phone connections, aggravating housemates, long lines at the store, etc. In impoverished areas where many people routinely face inadequate income, unemployment, solo parenting, and overcrowding such stressors are part of daily life: when prolonged, such stress takes a toll on our health, especially our cardiovascular system. For many african-americans, stress helps drive up blood pressure levels: some people shrug off such hassles. For others, the everyday annoyances add up and take a toll on health and well-being.