Psychology 2036A/B Lecture 4: Lecture 4

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazelwood

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Psychology 2030 lecture 4: stress and coping. Part 1: two early approaches to defining stress. Example: my job is stressful, or exams are stressful you would be adopting this approach. Example: i feel stressed at exam time, or i feel a lot of stress when i have to give a speech you would be adopting this approach. Psychological respo(cid:374)se (cid:894)thoughts a(cid:374)d feeli(cid:374)gs, aka distress, (cid:862)i"(cid:373) (cid:374)er(cid:448)ous, or a(cid:374)(cid:454)ious(cid:863)(cid:895) Physiological response (example: heart rate speeds up when faced with a stressor) Part 2: early research how stressors influence physiological responses. Stressors activate two systems in the body together they are called the sam system. E(cid:272)retes (cid:272)ate(cid:272)hola(cid:373)i(cid:374)e"s (cid:894)epinephrine and norepinephrine) which arouse the body. He argued that this response can have both positives and negatives. It is adaptive mobilize us for quick response. Prolonged activation of the system leads to health problems. Called general adaption syndrome because the physiological responses are the same regardless of the stressor (cid:894)(cid:862)ge(cid:374)eral(cid:863)(cid:895)