[PSYC 2800] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 25 pages long Study Guide!
29 Nov 2016
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Behavioural medicine: an interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioural and medical knowledge an applies that knowledge to health and disease. Health psychology: a su(cid:271)field of ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455) that p(cid:396)o(cid:448)ides ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455)"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)i(cid:271)utio(cid:374) to (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396)al medicine. Stress is sometimes informally described in terms of challenges or responses. Stress: the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging. Stress arise less from events themselves but rather from how we perceive them. When short-lived, or when perceived as challenges, stressors can have positive effects: a momentary stress can mobilize the immune for preventing infections and healing wounds. Stress arouses us and motivates us to conquer problems. Emerge with stronger self-esteem and a deepened spirituality and sense of purpose. Some stress early in life is conducive to later emotional resilience. Stressors can also threaten us, experiencing severe or prolonged stress may be harmful.
