Week 12 | Day 2 | PSYA02

Diathesis-Stress Model

Diathesis-Stress Model

Genes and stressful situations contribute to mental and physical illnesses

Plasticity versus vulnerability factor

Concept comparing adaptability to susceptibility in response to stress

Chronic inflammation

Prolonged exposure to inflammatory proteins causing cell damage

Biological aging

Decline in cell function and health with age

General Adaptation Syndrome

Body's response to chronic stress: alarm, resistance, exhaustion phases

Alarm Phase

Initial healthy reaction to stress

Resistance Phase

Body adapts to stress, shutting down non-essential processes

Exhaustion Phase

Body overwhelmed, leading to illness, death, or injury

Reducing Stress and Enhancing Resilience

Behaviors to protect from stress and improve coping

Gender

Psychologically and societally influenced identity

Gender roles

Cultural expectations on how men and women should behave

Gender identity

Subjective feeling of being a man or woman

Cisgender

Gender identity aligns with biological sex at birth

Transgender

Gender identity differs from biological sex at birth

Gender Non-Binary

Not identifying strictly as male or female

Transgender woman

Assigned male at birth but identifies as a woman

Transgender man

Assigned female at birth but identifies as a man

Gender dysphoria

Distress from mismatch between gender identity and biological sex

Hormone replacement therapy

Treatment to align hormone levels with gender identity

Gender confirmation surgery

Surgical procedures to align physical characteristics with gender identity