Summary Table of Contents for Health Psychology Part 2 (accompanying the purchased course text)

2023




Health Psychology Part 2
MASTER PSYCHOLOGIE
KIRSTEN VAN GILS




Kirsten Van Gils (2023-2024)

, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY OF STRESS
HOMOSTATIC REGULATION

1. INTRODUCTION



2. HOMEOSTASIS

2.1. feedback control
2.2. feedforward control
3. HIERARCHY OF HOMEOSTATIC CONTROLS

3.1. intrinsic control mechanisms
3.2. autonomic control mechanisms
3.2.1. Autonomic nervous system (ANS)
3.2.2. Autonomic control of heart rate
3.3. hypothalamus, endocriene controls, endocriene messages
3.4. (without) higher brain centres


CENTRAL INTEGRATION OF THE STRESS RESPONSE

Chapter 5: Central nervous system integrations of the psychological stress response – Lovallo

1. APPRAISAL MODEL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS



2. BRAIN STRUCTURES UNDERLYING APPRAISALS

2.1. Overview of some key brain structures and functions
2.1.1. DLPFC
2.1.2. VMPFC
2.1.3. Limbic system
2.2. Major steps in the generation of physiological responses based on perceptions and interpretations of
events
2.2.1. Sensory intake
2.2.2. Generating emotions based in appraisal processes
2.2.3. Initiation of behavioural, autonomic and endocrine responses
2.2.4. Feedback to cortex and limbic system: central feedback subsystem
2.2.5. Autonomic and endocrine outflow

3. CORTICAL INHIBITION OF STRESS RESPONSES BY REAPRRAISAL



4. STRESS (ESPECIALLY CHRONIC) CAN CHANGE BRAIN SYSTEMS