PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Hans Selye, Walter Bradford Cannon, Natural Disaster
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Biopsychological model physical illness is caused by a complex interacion of biological psychological and sociocultural factors. New model driven by changing paterns of illness from contagious diseases to chronic diseases. Health psychology how psychological factors relate to the promoion and maintenance of health and with the causaion, prevenion, and treatment of illness. Stress any circumstances that threaten or are being perceived to threaten one"s wellbeing and that thereby tax ones coping abiliies. Everyday events: natural disasters are obvious sources of stress; everyday tasks can also produce stress. May have signiicant adverse health efects physically and mentally thought to be due to the cumulaive nature of stress (it adds up) Appraisal: stress lies in the eyes of the beholder diferent people ind diferent things stressful there is no inite line disinguishing stressful events and unstressful events stress is subjecive, not objecive. Acute stressors stresses that are short-lived and have a clear endpoint (ie an exam)
