Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Adrenal Medulla, Psychosomatic Medicine, Anterior Pituitary

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Atkinson

Document Summary

A pattern of physiological behavioural, emotional, and cognitive responses to real or imagined stimuli that . Stress process: stressos intervening factors stress reaction. Stressors: catastrophes, life changes (death of spouse, divorce, death of a close family member, getting married ), hassles: it builds up. Intervening factors: appraisal, perceived control, personality, social support, coping. Sense stressor: sympathetic n. s adrenal medulla epinephrine. Sense stressor: signal to hypothalamus to activate: anterior pituitary, adrenal cortex, glucotorticoids (cortisol) Almost every cell in body has receptor for glucocorticoids. Stress can suppress the immune system, making the person more vulnerable. : stress results in the release of cortisol, and it directly suppress the action of white blood cells. Rats faced with inescapable shock showed a decrease in lumphocyte production. Husbands show decreased immune response after wife"s death. People are more likely to get sick a few days after exposure to stressful event. Acute infectious disorders increase during final exams.