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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: 

Introductory remarks, talking about a Stress mgt class I taught years ago...  

Defining Stress 

Cognitive Appraisals   

Good stress “Eustress”  

Health Psychology field   

Walter Cannon Fight or Flight response  

Hans Selye General Adaptation Syndrome  

Physiological basis of stress Stressors 

Life changes - early stress research,

‘Social Readjustment Rating Scale’  

Daily Hassles  Psychophysiological Disorders - effect of chronic stress symptoms  

Stress and Immune System  

Type A Personality (v. Type B) and debunking the myth of Type A.  

Coping with Stress  

Control and Stress

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