PSY 383 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Virus Latency, Needle Exchange Programme, Hyaline Cartilage
2 Dec 2016
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Interactions among different processes of adaptation: behavioral, neuroendocrine, immunological. Functions: distinguishes between what is self and what is foreign, attacks and rids the body of foreign invaders. Natural immunity generalized defense against pathogens. Specific immunity delayed response to a specific invader. Assessing the production of antibodies to latent viruses. Different kinds of stressors require different kinds of defenses. Maximally efficient immune response to any situation entails costs. Relation of immune functioning to different sorts of stressors: Immediate short-term stressors produce a pattern of immune responses: brief stressors lead to a shift from cellular immunity and toward humoral immunity, chronically stressful events have adverse effects. Increased vulnerability to infectious disease: stress predicts more severe illness and higher production of cytokines among people who are already sick, autoimmune disorders are affected by stress. Negative affect and immune functioning: stress compromises immune functioning, depression is associated with: Coping and immune functioning: protective effects of psychosocial resources.
