PSY 348 Lecture 20: PSY348 Lecture 20
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Stress is (typically negative) emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological, cognitive, and behavioral changes. Appraisal: primary appraisal involves the evaluation of what an event means to you, secondary appraisal involves the evaluation of one"s personal resources (e. g. , do you have the resources available to deal with the stressor?) General adaptation syndrome (gas): our stress response system defends, then fatigues. Sympathetic nervous system relates to: the fight-or-flight response, energy mobilization. Parasympathetic nervous system relates to: relax and recover (rest-and-digest, energy conservation and restoration. In the sympathetic adrenal medulla axis, upon receiving neural stimulation from the hypothalamus, the adrenal medulla secretes (both) epinephrine and norepinephrine: the following statement about post-traumatic growth (ptg) is true: severity of post-traumatic distress positively predicts ptg. Which health conditions relate to stress and which have the strongest evidence: strongest: cardiovascular disease, skeletal muscle conditions such as tension-type headache (tth), atopic disorders, mixed: cancer, weak: gastrointestinal system conditions and autoimmune disorders.
