Psychology Final: Health Psychology

chronic stressors
- sources of stress that occur repeatedly
- stressors challenge you to DO something
- events most stressful when there is nothing to DO
HPA axis response to threatening stimuli
- hypothalamus--> (releasing factor)-->
- pituitary gland--> (ACTH)-->
- adrenal gland--> (cortisol & catecholamine)
cortisol

increases glucose uptake
catecholamine

increases sympathetic nervous system, decreases parasympathetic
general adaption syndrome
- resistance to chronic stressor is temporary
- Phase 1: release hormones
- Phase 2: resistance to stressor
- Phase 3: exhaustion
personality type A vs type B
- type A- competitive, aggressive (high risk to heart disease)
- type B- relaxed
social ties & immune function

<3 soial ties--> 4x more likely to get gold than > 6 social ties
journal of emotions
- boosts immune system
- social ties help emotional support, but not necessary
factors that impact health
- challenge vs threat
- type A vs type B
- exercise/health eating vs smoking
- many social ties vs few social ties

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Psychology Final: Health Psychology

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Intro to Psychology

Updated

2017-05-08T21:11:15Z

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