PSYCH 2367.02 Final: Final Exam Review

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2367.02
• Professor: Free Matthew

Document Summary

Difference between stress and stressor: stress: physical or psychological response to stressor, stressor: specific event or chronic pressures that place demands on a person or threaten their well-being. The basics of the physiological stress response: activates hpa axis, hypothalamus stimulates pituitary gland, pituitary gland releases adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenal glands release cortisol (and stimulate release of epinephrine and norepinephrine) Cortisol = primary stress hormone: reactions: increased heartrate, blood pressure, breathing and perspiration. Difference between ptsd and acute stress disorder: ptsd. Symptoms can begin shortly or long time after traumatic event: acute stress disorder. Starts within 4 weeks of event; lasts less than 1 month. Etiology: biological, genetic, personality, childhood factors, etc: biological and genetics. More arousal may lead to damage in hippocampus and amygdala. Risk factors: high anxiety, external locus of control, lack of resiliency: childhood factors. Poverty, family members with psychological disorders, trauma at early age, early parent separation. Diagnostic criteria and key features of ptsd: symptoms.