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AICE Psych A LEVEL Midterm Review | 50 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Updated & Verified

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What are the sources of stress - >>>>- Stress- subjective loss of control of a situation caused by stressors or environmental cues. - Autonomic Nervous System- sympathetic and parasympathetic nervou... s system (fight or flight) - GAS Model- Selye's model for how to body responds to stress (Alarm, Resistance, Exhaustion) What are the causes of stress (Work) - >>>>- Chandola Work Study- 10,000 participants from Whitehall tested every 2-5 years, participants aged 35-55 measured the link between biology and behavior through job strain questionnaire (control over work environment), found that collective work stress led to 32 percent of what causes CHD What are the causes of stress (Life Events) - >>>>- Holmes and Rahe- 394 participants who ranked 43 life events on a scale of 1-100 (100 being the most stressful), scale ranged from death of a spouse to minor violations of the law, 300 LCU meant a higher rate of CHD. What are the causes of stress (Personality) - >>>>- Friedman and Rosenman- distinguished between Type A and Type B personalities (3000 participants aged 39-59), found that 70 percent of the 200 deaths had Type A personality. What are the measures of stress (Wang) - >>>>Wang- wanted to test how blood flow to the brain induced negative emotion. Used 32 participants and had both a high mental task (mental arithmetic) and a low mental task (counting backwards), using arterial spin labelling he found that during the high stress tasks there was more blood flow and greater stress. [Show More]

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