PSYC-1105EL Lecture 14: Chapter 14
3 Jul 2015
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Stress process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging: many types of stressors minor or major, acute or chronic. Life events checklist: tally each event you have experienced in the past year 1. Background: walter cannon (1929) stress response ght or ight . Can be triggered by extreme cold, lack of oxygen, emotion-arousing incidents. Triggers release of epinephrine and norepinephrine from adrenal glands. Sympathetic n. s. responses: increase heart rate and respiration, blood diverted from digestion to muscles, dulls pain, releases sugar/fat from body stores: alternatives to ghting or ying. 3: resistance, exhaustion, body is designed to deal with temporary stress. Coronary heart disease clogging of vessels that nourish the heart muscle; leading cause of death in many developed coun- tries: friedman & rosenman, 1950s. 3000 healthy men, age 35 to 59. Type a: reactive, competitive, hard-driving, impatient, time-conscious, supermo- tivated, verbally aggressive, easily angered.
