PSY 395- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 29 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Concerned with psychological factors that may predispose an individual to medical problems. Health psychology: effects of psychological factors in the development and maintenance of physical problems (how psychological factors affect physical problems) Organism"s internal biological and psychological responses to such demands. Person decides whether event is threat or challenge. Secondary appraisal- comes from if situation is perceived as threatening. Looks at cause of stress and works our ways to deal with the problem with aim to reduce stress. Strategies to deal with emotional responses to stress. Involves trying to reduce negative emotional feelings associated with the stressor like embarrassment, fear etc. Used cognitive approach to stress with focus on how people cope with psychological stressors. The focus on psychological factors means less emphasis placed on physiological elements of stress response. Doesn"t include cultural, social or environmental factors in looking at how individuals perceive a stressful event. Allostatic load: biological cost of adapting to stress.
