PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Electrodermal Activity, Cortisol, Biopsychosocial Model

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 102
• Professor: Darko Odic

Document Summary

The ield of health psychology: brand new the psychological term stress did not exist before 1950s, rapidly growing ield that mixes experimental and clinical psychology, medicine, and neuroscience. Big question: stress and bodies: how does stress afect our bodies and physical health, biopsychosocial model of disease: the idea that causes and efects of disease are a combination of biological, psychological, and social factors. In other words health problems are not just the consequence of viruses and how our immune system reacts, but also a combination of how our cognition works and our social support. Big question: stress and the mind: how does stress afect our psychology. Burnout: long-term exhaustion and loss of motivation caused by. What causes stress: primary appraisal: the irst evaluation of whether an event is threatening, challenging, or can be ignored. Threatening/challenging events will trigger the sympathetic system: as a result, anything can be a source of stress.