PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Adrenal Medulla, Natural Killer Cell, B Cell

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

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Psy1102 - lectures 5- chapter 12 - stress and health. May 22nd, 2013: stress and illness, intro. 10 leading causes of death in north america are due to unhealthy behavior. Behavioral medicine: combining psychology and medical knowledge. >study all factors linked to & associated w/ health. > applied: use psychological principles to promote a healthy lifestyle --> helping the sick get healthier, helping people follow what the doctor says: stress and stressors. We generally refer to the negative emotions we feel when we perceive a situation to be threatening and that we cannot cope with the situation. Canon: one of the rst to study stress scienti cally. Concluded: the body (human/animal) when faced with a stressful situation, undergoes a serious biological response. Seyle (canadian): made stress a big phenomenon. Proposed: when the body is faced with a stressful situation, it reacts with. 1st stage: alarm reaction: body mobilizes its resources to go into ght or.