PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Stressor, Autonomic Nervous System
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Biopsychosocial model: physical illness caused by complex interaction of biological, psychological and sociocultural factors. Health psychology: concerned with how psychosocial factors relate to the promotion and maintenance of health and with the causation, prevention and treatment of illnesses. Stress: any situation that threatens or is perceived to threaten one"s well-being therefore it taxes ones coping mechanisms. A stressful situation for one might be routine for another. Primary appraisal: initial evaluation of whether an event is 1) irrelevant to you: relevant to you ( not threatening, stressful. Secondary appraisal: evaluation of your coping resources & options on dealing with the stress. Acute stressor: threatening events that have a short duration and clear ending. Chronic stressors: threatening event that has a long duration and no end in sight - credit card debt, hostile work environment. 4 types of stress: frustration, con ict, change, pressure have) Frustration: occurs in a situation when pursuit of goal is thwarted (want something you cannot.
