PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Psychosomatic Medicine, Biopsychosocial Model, Psychophysiology

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Spillover effect - arousal can spill over from one event to another + fuel a given emotion. Facial feedback hypothesis - your own facial expression can trigger your own emotions. Stress - disruption in psychological and physiological functioning that occurs when an event is perceived as a threat to our goals and when we cannot cope with the stress. Types of stress: frustration - your goal is blocked, conflict, pressure - expectation for you to behave in a certain way, catastrophe, uncertainty, life changes. Holmes/rahe social readjustment rating scale ssrs - help identify people that are at high risk for stress related problems. Frequent + minor hassles are better prediction of immediate day to day emotional and physical health and major life events produce changes in health 1 or 2 years after the event. Psychosomatic disorders (psychophysiological illness) - refers to physical disorders and genetic physiological cause by psycho factors ( stress) medical interventions required.