Ch 14 Stress and Health

In this lecture I discuss some highlights regarding Stress and health within an Introduction to Psychology course. This includes some historical attempts at measuring stress, how stress impacts our physical health and coping styles.
Content Index:
0:55 Introductory remarks, talking about a Stress mgt class I taught years ago...
4:13 Defining Stress
6:06 Cognitive Appraisals
12:10 Good stress “Eustress”
13:57 Health Psychology field
14:55 Walter Cannon Fight or Flight response
17:05 Hans Selye General Adaptation Syndrome
20:04 Physiological basis of stress
21:58 Stressors
25:25 Life changes - early stress research, ‘Social Readjustment Rating Scale’
27:21 Daily Hassles
28:39 Psychophysiological Disorders - effect of chronic stress symptoms
29:53 Stress and Immune System
32:04 Type A Personality (v. Type B) and debunking the myth of Type A.
35:27 Coping with Stress
38:56 Control and Stress
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