PSYO 121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Perceived Control, Health Psychology, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
26 May 2016
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Monday, march 14, 2016 ch 14 - stress and health. Stressors: speci c events or chronic pressures that place demands on a person or threaten the persons well-being. Stress: the physical and psychological response to internal or external stressors. Health psychology: the sub eld of psychology concerned with ways psychological factors in uence the causes and treatment of physical illness and the maintenance of health. Stressful events: major life changes cause stress and that increased stress causes illness. Chronic stressors: sources of stress that occur continuously or repeatedly: strained relationship, bullying, overwork, money troubles. Physical reactions: fight-or- ight response: an emotional and physiological reaction to an emergency that increases readiness for action. Nonspeci c > response doesn"t vary, no matter what source of repeated stress. Alarm phase: body rapidly mobilizes its resources to respond to the threat. energy required. Resistance phase: body adapts to high state of arousal as tries to cope with stressor. shuts down.
