HSS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Learned Helplessness, Background Noise, Homeostasis
19 Apr 2018
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Hss 1101- lecture 16: understanding and coping with life"s stressors. Stress: psychological and physical responses to demands. The response to stress is positive or negative. You can take it negatively and let it affect you. Stressor: condition that forces person to adjust . Adjustment: process of coping with a stressor. Learn from where the stress comes from. Ex. being in love, starting a dream job, etc. Ex. financial challenges, illness, academic uncertainty, etc. Psychoneuroimmunology (pni): interaction between the mind, the body, and the immune system. Stress and its negative long-term effects (morbidity, mortality) Stressor disturbs homeostasis: ans prepares for fight-or-flight . Sns energizes the body // pns slows the body. Chronic stress response = burnout or serious illness. Trying to meet a higher standard (expectations) Learned helplessness: internal versus external locus of control. Chapter 9 reducing risk for cardiovascular disease and cancer. hss 1101.
