PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Adrenal Medulla, Sympathetic Nervous System, Pituitary Gland
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Health psychology: apa (1979) health psychology is the educational, research, and clinical contributions of psych to: The analysis and improvement of the health care system and health policy formation: 50% of all deaths are preventable - due to lifestyle, pain killers - #1 killer for all drugs, nk cells turn into cancer cells. Nk cells activity were significantly diminished during exam. Makes them physically sick: psychologically treatment best for chronic pain. Stress: a state that impairs our ability to respond to internal and external demands. Stress is a stimulus (e. g. catastrophe"s, life events, circumstances) Stress is a process (relationship between person and environment) Modern views of stress: richard lazarus: stress is a transaction between a person and their environment. Primary appraisal: person evaluates situations as benign or stressful. Secondary appraisal: person decides how to deal w/ stress: lazarus identifies 3 types of stress. Loss: person loses a loved one or a possession.
