PSYO 1012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: United States Academic Decathlon, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Sympathetic Nervous System
5 Feb 2020
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
A major exam, a big date trouble with one"s boss, or a nancial setback, which may lead to frustration, con ict, change, or pressure. Personalized perceptions of threat, which are in uences by familiarity with the event, its controllability, its predictability, and so on. Autonomic arousal, hormonal uctuations, neurochemical changes, and so on. Coping e orts, such as lashing out at others, blaming oneself, seeking help, solving problems, and releasing emotions. If stressed, the levels of arousal increases. With very low levels or very high levels of arousal, performance level decreases. Level of arousal in optimum rate can produce optimal performance level. Complex tasks require low levels of arousal while simple tasks require high levels of arousal. If worried about performance, practice is the best solution. Percentage of major league baseball players surviving to a given age as a function of their smile intensity in photographs.
