PSYCH 1100 Lecture 18: Stress and Health Guided Notes

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1100
• Professor: Rebecca Kirchner

Document Summary

**what is the difference between stress and a stressor: what causes stress, stressful events. Specificevents: _______________________________ that produce stress, have a defined beginning, middle, and end, can be _____________ or ______________ positive negative. **example of a stressful event: weddingjobinterview exams: chronic stressors, occurs _______________________/_____________________ repeatedly environmental factors, includes _______________________, __________________________, greater psychological & physical symptoms compared to acute continuously daily hassles events. **example of a chronic stressor: what is the stress response? health money, stressful experiences can initiate a fight or flight response, what happens in our body, increased heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, stop nonessential body functions (digestion, etc. ) **review from neuroscience which part of the nervous system are we talking about when we discuss the fight or flight response: han selye"s general adaptation syndrome (gas): ______________ model for an organism"s response to stressors. Non-specific: found to be consistent across many stressors in rats.