Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Health Psychology, Multiple Exposure, Peptic Ulcer

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Psychology chapter 15 notes (stress, coping, and health) Stressors are situations that place demands on organisms that tax or exceed their resources: they are intervening factors that cause stress reactions. Such include catastrophes, life changes and hassles. Stressors can range from microstressors to very severe stressors. Life event are questionnaires that measure the number (and sometimes, the intensity) of positive and negative life events that have occurred over a specific period of time. A primary appraisal is the initial appraisal of a situation as benign, irrelevant, or threatening; a perception of the severity of demands. A secondary appraisal is one"s judgement of the adequacy of personal resources needed to cope with a stressor. General adaptation syndrome is selye"s description of the body"s responses to a stressor, which include successive phrases of alarm reaction, resistance, and exhaustion. Stress can supress the immune system, making a person more vulnerable: results in the release of glucocorticoids.