PSY 3006 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Stressor, Major Depressive Disorder, Epinephrine
20 Nov 2018
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Stress: bodily or mental tension resulting from factors that tend to alter an existent equilibrium. Stress response: a compensatory reaction the body makes to a challenge. Stressor: stimulus that challenges the integrity or health of the body. Going to college, conflicts with coworkers, traffic jams. Physiological changes due to stressors are mostly the same. Stress isn"t always bad, and the stress response isn"t always bad. Lecture 1: psychosocial models of health and disease. Mental processes can impact health and disease. Walter cannon"s observation: 1871-1945: american physiologist (important in stress research) (helped establish stress research) Type a gives you blood pressure is debunked. Hostility = higher chance of getting cardiovascular disease. Negative affect= someone doesn"t really emote that much. Compparison between the medical and the expanded model: Disease affected by psychosocial processes and physiology insult. Treatment can alter psychosocial processes and/or physiology. Examples of how the mind/brain can alter physiological responses:
