PSYC 3390 Chapter Notes -Tachycardia, Heart Rate Variability, Positive Affectivity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3390
• Professor: Mary Manson

Document Summary

Week 9 - chapter 10 - health problems and behaviour. Behavioural medicine and interdisciplinary field that focuses on the role that psychological factors play in the occurrence, maintenance, and prevention of medical problems. Health psychology is a psychological subspecialty within behavioural medicine that deals with psychology"s contributions to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of psychological components of medical problems. Psychological factors that may predispose an individual to physical illness (critical life events, personality) The ways in which the negative effects of stress can be reduced or buffered by personal resources (coping styles, social supports, personality traits) Psychophysiological disorders all in your head view psychological factors important for any health problem. Psychological factors in health and disease the way our bodies reach to stress and to challenged by infectious or toxic agents such as viruses and bacteria. Cortisol prepares the body for fight or flight and inhibits the innate immune response (if an injury occurs, the body"s inflammatory response is delayed.