PSY 358 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nmda Receptor, Endocrinology, Antihypotensive Agent
23 Mar 2019
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Homeostasis: homeostasis: standing still; to stay in one place, 4 humors: had to be balanced, claude bernard called this the interiore mileure. Important to keep your interior balance to have a happy and healthy life: walter canon: coined fight or flight and homeostasis , thought signals where rudimentary, bidirectional errors. The signals don"t tell what is wrong specifically enough: hans selye: general adaptation syndrome, stressor alarm fight/flight resistance/ coping exhaustion/ depletion, after a lot of stressors, there is not enough or there is too much cortisol. Internal response: stressor: physiological or psychological, allostasis: maintaining stability throughout changes. Inducing stress has a different stress on men and women. Iowa gambling test: when cortisol levels go up in men, they take bigger chances. Experimental methods: biomarkers of stress, startle response: measure of alarm response electromyogram, skin response, heart rate (lie detectors), blood pressure, neuroendocrine challenge, salivary cortisol exam. Biomarkers of positive psychology: positive psychology can lower stress levels.
