PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Explanatory Style, Hans Selye, Type A And Type B Personality Theory
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million is spent each day on cigarette advertisements. Obesity: (cid:498)freshman-15(cid:499)- the suppose number of pounds incoming college students, according to the national institutes of health, roughly 2-thirds of u. s adults can expect to gain during their first year of school. are overweight or obese. Genetics and body weight: genes account between 50 to 90% of the variation in body weight. Influencing genetic factors such as body type, metabolism and other physiological processes that contribute to body weight and size: set point, a hypothesized mechanism that serves to maintain body weight around a physiological programmed level. Your initial set point is controlled by genetic mechanisms, but your actual weight can be modified by environmental factors-namely, what and how much you eat. Stress is a psychological and physiological reaction that occurs when perceived demands exceed resources to meet those demands: first the individual perceives a potential threat and begins the primary appraisal by asking, (cid:498)is it a threat(cid:499).
