Psychology 2036A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: 6 Years, Bronchitis, Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Dr. Yves Bureau

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Immunocompetence: extent to which an immune system is functioning properly. Chapter 3: psychoneuroimmunology: exams effect this negatively. Psychoneuroimmunology: study of the relationship between psychological states and the functioning of the immune system. I(cid:374)te(cid:396)a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) a(cid:373)o(cid:374)g th(cid:396)ee of the (cid:271)od(cid:455)"s (cid:373)ajo(cid:396) s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)s nervous system, endocrine system, immune system. Discovered that psychological states were directly linked to biological processes. Provides data in a form that makes sense to people whose training is biomedical in nature. Pni research represents an invaluable bridge between social scientists and hcp. How immune-system functioning is measured in pni research. Dependent variable: variable measured to determine if treatment or manipulation has any effect: takes form of measures of immunocompetence. Independent variable: the manipulation usually a psychological state: ca(cid:374) (cid:271)e (cid:374)atu(cid:396)all(cid:455) o(cid:272)(cid:272)u(cid:396)(cid:396)i(cid:374)g (cid:894)lo(cid:396)i"s st(cid:396)ess(cid:895) o(cid:396) e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)i(cid:373)e(cid:374)tall(cid:455) i(cid:374)du(cid:272)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) putti(cid:374)g people through stressful situations. Measuring the impact of psychological state on immune system is complex;