PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Oxycodone, Psychoneuroimmunology, Distorted Vision

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Daniel Levitin

Document Summary

Daily+ hassles+ can+ build+ up+ and+ cause+ serious+ problems+ because+ they+ wear+ down+ personal+ resources. + we+ may+ accommodate+ to+ certain+ types,+ but+ not+ to+ others,+ such+ as+ interpersonal+ stress. + Coping+ response:+ any+ response+ an+ organism+ makes+ to+ avoid,+ escape+ from,+ or+ minimize+ an+ aversive+stimulus. ++ It+ was+ an+ efficient+ model+ for+ our+ ancestors+ because+ it+ results+ in+ increased+ energy. + because+ hormones+travel+slowly+in+the+bloodstream,+stress+affects+the+system+much+longer+than+stressors+ do. + Taylor+ says+ that+ this+ model+ has+ been+ studied+ using+ 80%+ males,+ which+ means+ that+ we+ have+ a+ distorted+ vision+ of+ stress+ response. + this+ is+ mostly+ because+ females"+ menstrual+ cycle+ level+ of+ hormones+may+interfere+ Oxycontin:+ a+ hormone+ important+ for+ mothers+ in+ bonding+ to+ newborns,+ it+ is+ produced+ by+ the+ hypothalamus+and+released+in+the+bloodstream+by+the+pituitary+gland. ++ Their+ different+ responses+ may+ explain+ why+ they+ tend+ to+ live+ 5+ to+ 8+ years+ longer+ than+ males+ on+ average. ++ +selye:+ effects+ of+ sex+ hormones+ by+ injecting+ rats+ with+ hormones+ from+ other+ animals+ he+ found:+ enlarged+adrenal+glands,+decreased+levels+of+lymphocytes+(white+t+or+b++cells+that+make+up+the+ immune+ system)+ and+ stomach+ ulcers. + these+ 3+ responses+ were+ part+ of+ the+ nonspecific+ stress+ response+