PSY 1205 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tegmentum, Opioid Receptor, Fentanyl
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Stress: a psychological condition that results when we perceive challenges that exceed our capacity to cope. Stress=dynamic b/c =interaction between organism and envt over time. People perceive events to varying levels of stress. Exposure to stress in early life: greater exposure to stress makes you more reactive later. Stress tolerance=ability to withstand stress without becoming impaired. Protecting factors: support system, optimism, sense of psych control, high self-esteem. Behavioral medicine: concerned with psych factors that predispose an individual to medical problems: healthy psychology: the effects of stress and other psych factors in the development and maintenance of physical problems. Operationalize: how we measure something that typically can"t be measured. Ex: depressive symptoms quesitonairre, checklist, interview, or blood/salive cortisol levels. Leds: life events and difficulties schedules: interveview, takes into account context of stress. Ex: pregnant as financially stable adult vs as teen, father dying at 90 vs at 50. Degree of impact: how stressful you interpret it ot be.
