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AP Psychology Myers 7th Edition Stress and Health Module

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Stress and Illness Stress and unhealthy behaviors can put us at serious risk. 10 leading causes of death in US: cigarette smoking, alcohol abuse, unprotected sex, ignoring doctors? orders, insufficient exercise, illicit drugs, and poor nutrition. Modify these behavioral sources of illness and we might lessen suffering, increase life expectancy, and enhance quality of life. Health psychology provides psychology?s contribution on behavioral medicine. Module 39: Stress and Illness Karl: sees snake while away from campsite; flight or fight? Karl runs to campsite, with his adrenaline flowing, and heart pounding. Karen: late to work because of construction, notices her tense muscles, clenched teeth, and churning stomach.

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Sensation: the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment. Perception: the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events. Bottom-up processing: analysis that begins with the sense receptors and works up to the brain’s integration of sensory information. Top-down processing: information processing guided by higher-level mental processes, as when we construct perceptions drawing on our experience and expectations. Psychophysics: the study of relationships between the physical characteristics of stimuli, such as their intensity, and our psychological experience of them.

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