PSYC 102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Insite, Cerebral Cortex, Cardiovascular Disease

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 102
• Professor: Russell Day

Document Summary

Health psychology addresses factors that influence well-being and illness, as well as measures that can be taken to promote health and prevent illness. Researchers may have to rely on people"s self-reports, using life event scales to quantify the amount of life stress that a person has experienced over a given period of time. Respondents may be asked not only whether a particular event occurred but also whether the event was positive/negative and whether it was a major/minor event. Later research showed that only negative life changes consistently predicted adverse health and behavioral outcomes, most modern researchers now define stress in terms of negative life changes only. Stress response has cognitive, physiological, and behavioral components. Cognitive appraisal: 4 aspects of appraisal process are particularly significant. Appraisal of the nature and demands of the situation (primary appraisal), interpreting the situation as either benign, neutral/irrelevant, or threatening in terms of its demands and its significance for your well-being.