PSYC 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 40: Sympathetic Nervous System, Natural Disaster, Type A And Type B Personality Theory
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Psyc 1 textbook notes module 40: stress and illness. Stress: process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening/challenging. Significant life change: even happy ones can be stressful. Daily hassles: some people face more than others, daily economic pressures. Tend-and-befriend: under stress, people (especially women) often provide support to others (tend) and bond with and seek support from others (befriend) Men tend to withdraw more when faced with stress. Women tend to reach out to others when faced with stress. Health psychology: subfield of psychology that provides psychology"s contribution to behavioral medicine. Psychoneuroimmunology: study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health. Treatment of stress may help with aids. Managing stress can help with cancer and preventing it. Coronary heart disease: clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; leading cause of death in many developed countries.
