PSYC 3140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Allostatic Load, Sympathetic Nervous System, Avoidance Coping
15 Dec 2014
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Chapter 9: psychophysiological disorders and health psychology psychophysiological disorders: genuine physical symptoms caused and or worsened by emotional factors psychosomatic disorders. These disorders did not appear in dsm-iv like previous editions because it requires a judgement on psych factors affecting med condition. Affects the nervous system general adaptation syndrome (gas): biological response to sustained and unrelenting physical stress, selye stressor: stress as a stimulus. Problem-focused coping: direct action to solve the problem or seek information that will be relevant to the solution. Life changing unit score - weighted sum of events. Miller and rahe changed scores and found lcu increased 45% Correlation between psych stress and physical illness. Rahe and rahsom - illness can cause a high life-change score, chronic absenteeism caused by the illness brings dismissal from a job. Individuals to record and rate their daily experiences in prospective or longitudinal investigations. A day was unit of analysis - no major retrospective-recall bias.
