The Sympathomedullary System (SAM)

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(Stress) Psychology Mapa Mental sobre The Sympathomedullary System (SAM), creado por samantha_x el 16/03/2014.
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The Sympathomedullary System (SAM)
  1. ACUTE STRESS
    1. General Outline: When faced with acute stress it activates the sympathomedullary pathway
      1. our hypothalamus is activated
        1. It sends a signal to the autonomic nervous system
          1. This causes the adrenal meduallar to release adrenaline and noradrenaline
            1. When this is released, we experience physiological changes to our bodies such as sweating or an increase on our blood rate. This is so that blood is pumped to areas in our bodies to prepare us for a fight or flight response to the stressor
      2. Limitations
        1. Individual Differences
          1. Taylor et al
            1. Look at gender - individual difference
              1. found that men usually react with 'fight or flight' response
                1. women respond by protecting and nutruing young & seeking support from other females
                  1. Therefore, gender is a factor that may cause people to react differently to stress
            2. Glaser et al
              1. found that women show more adverse hormonal and immunological changes in the way they react to marital conflict
                1. therefore shows that gender affects how people respond to stress & this example shows that men and women may respond in different ways
            3. Strengths
              1. it is an objective measure
                1. the levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline can be measured in the bloodstream easily
                  1. suggests quantitative methods can be used reliably
                2. research supports it
                  1. Brady's monkey research
                    1. found that stress affected the production of digestive hormones causing stomach ulcers that resulted to death
                      1. supports the idea that stress is being governed by the release of hormones
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