Application Module 1 & 2 : Social Psychology, Health, and Education

psychological stress

results from when appraisals of the challenges and demands we face surpass our current capacities, resources, and energies

• the sense that demands are greater than capacities and resources

• can result from both positive and negative events

stress route of action

Stressful event→amygdala→hypothalamus (chemical message)→pituitary gland (hormones)→ACTH is produced→adrenal glands→cortisol

remuniation

the tendency to think about some stressful event over and over again

expressive writing

writing about the focal emotions of current stresses and trauma in ways that bring about insight and reduced stress

• journaling

cortisol

• stress hormone

  • Facilitates distributions of blood to muscle groups involved in fight-or-flight responses

  • Helps us remeber sources of danger in the environment

  • Causes the palms to sweat

  • Causes heart rate and blood pressure to increase

  • Decreases the activities of the immune system

• prepares us for fight or flight and helps us with responding to short-term stress

stress reduction

• focus on coping approach

• exercise

• sleep (a bit more)

• seek out positive emotions

• meditate

• invest in social relationships

social integreation

the degree of engagement in a range of social relationships

• the presense of … is linked to better physical well-being

incremental theory of intelligence

The belief that intelligence is something people can improve by working at it

• valued by eastern societies

entity of theory intelligence

The belief that intelligence is something people are born with and can’t change

• valued by western societies

pygmalion

teachers’ expectations can influence students’ academic achievement