Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 38: James W. Pennebaker, Unconscious Mind, Eugenius Warming

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

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Joan has discovered a new drug that is successful in countering the harmful effects of stress. Most likely, this drug interferes with the production or action of glucocorticoids/cortisol. Vulnerability and protection: social support: ability to rely on and talk to others. House et al (1988): tracked 37 000 people. Those with weak social ties twice as likely to die. Pennebaker (1997): students asked to talk about traumatic or trivial events. Higher immune functioning, 50% fewer visits to campus health services in next 6 months: hardiness, coping self-efficacy, optimism. Optimists live longer: problem-focused coping (more effective, works better) Confront and deal directly with the demands of stressors. Charcot: disorder can be psychological rather than just physiological only. A medical doctor trying to understand psychogenic stuff. A most primitive portion, ego and superego derived from id. He believes it is there from the time that you are born, never goes away.