PSYC 1030H Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Internet Addiction Disorder, Sympathetic Nervous System, Biopsychosocial Model
18 Nov 2016
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Psych1030 chapter 14 stress, coping and health. Stress: any circumstance that threaten or are perceived as threatening and thereby tax one"s coping abilities. Shows that everyday hassles have significant harmful effects, predictive of impaired mental and physical health; cumulative nature. Acute: threatening events that have a relatively short duration and clear endpoint (ex. stress of exam) Chronic: threatening events that have relatively long duration and no readily apparent time limit (ex. debt strain) Frustration: occurs in any situation in which the pursuit of some goal is thwarted. Pressure: involves expectations or demands that one behaves in a certain way. Primary appraisal secondary appraisal response. Gas is a model of the body"s stress response, kicks in(cid:524), resistance, exhaustion (cid:523)body"s resources for fighting stress. Corticosteroids hypothalamus secretes acth to pituitary to. Female stress responses are more mild than male"s stress. Stress can interfere with neurogenesis (formation of new. Catecholamines - fight or flight, mobilized for action,
