PSYCH 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 70: Biofeedback, Pessimism, Nominative Case
24 Jan 2017
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Health psychology study of how psychological and behavioral processes affect health. Traditional model of health biological factors (physiological and genetic) that is the cause of health and disease. Modern model of health biopsychosocial model biological factors are still importnt but have also recognized the psychological factors (stress, personality), and social (system) factors (social support) are also important in defining health. Stress physiological, emotional, and behavioral response to: Events that tax or exceed perceived ability to cope. Knot in my stomach, walls closing in, weight on my shoulders. Some level of stress is good, it energizes you. Cataclysmic events sudden event usually affecting many. Chronic stress persistent threat or danger. Life changes major changes found to predict illness. People who lose a spouse, marriage, job change, birth of a child. Daily hassles everyday annoyances found to predict illness. All the hassles put together will cause illness (stress) Job stresses concerns related to job. Frustration tension from a blocked goal.
