What is the relationship between stress and disease? How does psychoneuroimmunology play a part in this stress-disease equation?
What will be an ideal response?
* Stressors can activate the sympathetic nervous system and release the hormones cortisol, epinephrine, and norepinephrine.
* Although these hormones help us to reduce stress, they also reduce the effectiveness of the immune system, making people more susceptible to disease.
* Long-term stressors are associated with lowered immune system functioning.
* Psychoneuroimmunology focuses on how the body defends itself against foreign substances and how psychological and physiological factors influence the immune system.
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What will be an ideal response?
What important lesson did Freud learn from Charcot??
a. ?Hypnotizability is a sign of mental pathology. b. ?Only something physical can influence something physical. c. ?Hysteria is best explained as malingering. d. ?Psychological disorders can cause physical problems.
Which field includes various functions such as employment and placement, wage, salary administration, training, and benefits?
a. Advertising b. Human services c. Public relations d. Human resources
Characteristically, an REBT therapist would be
a) an empathetic listener. b) indirect. c) subtle. d) highly active.