PSY-3653 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Chronic Condition, Proxemics, Cardiovascular Disease
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Proxemics: study of measurable distances between peope and how they interact. Time: therapist controls 50" hour; address patterns but allow exceptions; cultural differences. Diagnosed later in females and treated less aggressively (estrogen, arteries) Ideal to wean from medications as reward for lifestyle change. Chronic illness where arteries supply heart with blood narrow or clog and deprive heart of oxygen. Angina pectoris: restricted blood flow to heart; ischemia; chest pain during exertion. Myocardial infarction: obstruction of coronary artery; infarct in dead tissue; 4000 heart attacks per day; increase risk 10x after heavy meal. Aa women higher than whites and aa men. Confounded by bmi, smoking, sedentary, and high ldl. Exercise defined: planned, structured, and repetitive movement done to improve or maintain 1 or more components of physical fitness. Cardiorespiratory endurance: ability to move oxygen through lungs to heart through bloodstream to convert to energy in cells (measured in vo2max output)
