PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 38: Psychoneuroimmunology, Microsoft Onenote, Thymus

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Health psychology: subfield of psychology that provides psychology"s contribution to behavioural medicine. Stress: the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors that we appraise as threatening or challenging. Catastrophes: unpredictable, large-scale events where nearly everyone perceives them as threatening. Significant life changes: an event in life like a drastic change in health. Daily hassles: small daily events that add up with stress. General adaptation syndrome (gas): selye"s concept of the body"s adaptive response to stress in three phases. Blood is diverted to skeletal muscles (resources mobilized) Fully engaged drawing all resources to meet challenge. With no relief from stress, body"s reserves begin to run out. Become vulnerable to illness / collapse / death. Tend and befriend: under stress, people (especially women) often provide support to others and bond with and seek support from others. Psychoneuroimmunology: the study of how psychological, neural and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health.