Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Glucocorticoid, Adrenal Gland, Anxiety Disorder

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

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Stress viewed as in three different ways (stimulus, response, and organism-environment interaction) Stimulus (stressors) situations that place demands on organisms that tax or exceed their resources. Stress a pattern of cognitive appraisals, physiological responses, and behavioural tendencies that occurs in response to a perceived imbalance between situational demands and the resources needed to cope with them. General adaptation syndrome (gas) a physiological response pattern to strong and prolonged stressors. Stress can suppress the immune system, making person more vulnerable. Tress results u(cid:374) release of (cid:272)ortisol . dire(cid:272)tly supresses the a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of (cid:449)hite (cid:271)lood cells. Studies of results of catastrophic events has found average increase of 17% in rates of psychological disorders. Rape trauma syndrome a pattern of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses that occurs in response to being raped. Sever anxiety disorder that is caused by exposure to traumatic life events.