PSY BEH 103H- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 33 pages long!)

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Psychology and Social Behavior
• Course: PSY BEH 103H
• Professor: ilonayim

Document Summary

Idea of what caused us to become sick changed: (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)"s bio(cid:373)edi(cid:272)al model, all illness has a biomedical cause. Illnesses that you live with for long periods of time: biopsychosocial model: there is the person, with psychological systems (experience and behavior) and biological systems (genetics and physiology), and there is the world. Adrenal glands: small glands on top of each kidney, adrenal medulla and cortex per gland, medulla: produces epinephrine, norepinephrine (fast response to stressful situations, cortex: produces cortisol. Job: disti(cid:374)guish (cid:858)self(cid:859) fro(cid:373) (cid:858)(cid:374)o(cid:374)-self(cid:859, destroy (cid:858)(cid:374)o(cid:374)-self(cid:859, two classes of immune defenses. Innate (non-specific) immunity; born with: adaptive (acquired, specific) immunity; learned. Innate immunity: first line of defense, relatively fast, our only defense within 14-16 hours after exposure, anatomical barriers: skin, mucous membranes, phagocytes (e. g. macrophages eat foreign substances, the inflammatory response: a local response to infection. Immune cells brought in to destroy/inactivate foreign invaders (attack/isolate invaders, remove debris, prepare for healing and repair)