Psychology 2036A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Time Point, Wound Healing, Mental Calculation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Psychoneuroimmunology: interactions among behavioural, neuroendocrine, & immunological processes of adaptation. Assessing immunocompetence: two general approaches to indicate immune functioning have been used, measuring numbers of different kinds of cells in the immune system by looking at blood samples. Ex. counting t, b & nk cells & assessing amount of circulating lymphokines or antibodies: assessing the functioning of immune cells. Involves examining activation, proliferation, transformation, and cytotoxicity of cells. Ability of lymphocytes to kill invading cells (lymphocyte cytotoxicity) Ability of lymphocytes to reproduce when artificially stimulated by chemical (mitogen) Ability of certain white blood cells to ingest foreign particles (phagocytotic activity) Ex. in mitogenic stimulation technique, it is assumed that more proliferation that occurs in response to the mitogen, the better cells are functioning. Degree to which an individual produces antibodies to a latent virus: all of us carry around viruses that are latent that is, not active.