PSYC 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Elizabeth Blackburn, Coronary Artery Disease, Walter Bradford Cannon
3 Aug 2016
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The physical and psychological response to internal or external stressors. Speci c events or chronic pressures that place demands on a person or threaten the person"s well being. The sub eld of psychology concerned with ways psychological factors in uence the causes and treatment of physical illness and the maintenance of health. Sources of stress that occur continuously or repeatedly. Events are most stressful when we believe there is nothing we can do about it. Flight or fight response (walter cannon): an emotional and physiological reaction to and emergency. Cortisol: a hormone that increases the concentration of glucose in the blood to make fuel available to the muscles. It continues to draw on its resources and shut down unnecessary processes: exhaustion phase: the bodies resistance collapses causes damage to the body. This response is non speci c (aka doesn"t very depending on the type of stressor)
