Psychology 3229A/B Chapter : Week_10_Mar_26_2014_Physical_Health.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3229A/B
• Professor: Rod Martin

Document Summary

Week 10: humour and physical health stress, the way it can have an impact on physical health stress response- cortisol. Stress-moderating effects stress moderating effects: being able to look at the funny side of things, not taking things too seriously may have, stress has adverse effects on health. If a soh id beneficial for coping with stress, then that can indirectly be beneficial for health: healthy and unhealthy forms of humor. Social support: more close relationships and more social support are more physical healthy, this is more of an indirect mechanism. Good soh, bring ppl together, can indirectly: the kind of humour you use is important; positive sensitive way and not aggressive benefit your health, behavioral: Probably because they"re less serious, and not so concerned about having a healthy lifestyle. Experimental research designs: experimental groups, eg, present with comedy video to get them laughing and measure physiologically like takingg blood samples before and after.