PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Adrenal Gland, Sympathetic Nervous System, Endocrine System
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Textbook chapter 14 stress, coping & health. Biophysical model - physical illness caused by interaction of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. Health psychology - concerned with how psychosocial factors relate to the promotion and maintenance of health and with the causation, prevention, and treatment of illness (617) the nature of stress. Stress - threaten well-being and one"s coping abilities. Commuting is a major stress factor - over 12 full days a year are spent on commuting. Feeling of stress depends on the way the person notices and interprets them. Primary appraisal - evaluation of whether an event is irrelevant, Secondary appraisal - coping resources/options for dealing with relevant but not threatening , or stressful (leads to ) the stress o (618) major types of stress. Acute stressors - threatening events that have short duration and a clear endpoint (ex. Chronic stressors - threatening events that have long duration and no readily time limit (ex.
