PSYC 1115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Biopsychosocial Model, Immune System, Type A And Type B Personality Theory
2 Nov 2018
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In response to stress, our body mobilizes and releases many different hormones which in turn, affect our bodies: the presence of catecholamines, keeps us active. Increases heart rate, respiration, and perspiration: the presence of cortisol, slows down our immune system, prevents the generation of new cells. Dominance affects stress, even in humans: british civil service study: members of the british civil service who are at the bottom of the hierarchy took more than twice as many sick days and had higher death rates. But so does aggression: alpha-male baboons: highest ranked alpha-male baboons were significantly more likely to die from exposure to tuberculosis. Type a personality: described as ambitious and driven, but also controlling and very hostile and aggressive: not dominance. Stressed bodies: immune system short-term stress can aid your immune system: it can prepare your immune system to fight an infection.
