PSYC 2301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Allostatic Load, Catecholamine

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2301
• Professor: Marina Milyavskaya

Document Summary

Experiencing stress: stress is seen in three ways, stimulus: focused on the impact of stressors, response: focused on the physical and psychological effects of stressors o environment. Good or irrelevant conclusions don"t move on in the process. Little stress is felt when we feel we have adequate recourses. Biopsychosocial aspects of stress: when stressed people go into fight or flight mode, physiological reaction to prolonged stress goes through the general adaptation syndrome. Exhaustion: prolonged stress can cause a person to be vulnerable to disease of adaptation (ulcers, hbp, allostatic load: the total of physiological reaction to stressors. May be more important to health than just one single big stressor"s. Exposure to stressors, reactivity, recovery, and restoration affect: stress can impair cognitive thinking, reduce helping behavior, and increase aggressiveness, emotions such as fear, anxiety, depression, and anger accompany stress response allostatic load.