Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Psychology
Learning Methods
Lecture
Workshop
Module Offerings
7107HEAPSY-JAN-CTY
Aims
The module aims to teach students about the concept of stress and coping and how it relates to health outcomes
Overview: Stress reactivity is described with reference psychoneuroimmunology (how autonomic, endocrine, immune physiological systems interact with the brain ). The role of cognitive processes pertaining to anxiety and coping strategies is also described. The workshops contribute a practical component to the module as students perform a laboratory-based data collection exercise.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically understand the biological mechanisms linking stress and health
2.
Explain and evaluate the role of coping and individual differences as moderators of stress
3.
Critically evaluate concepts of stress reactivity and allostatic load
4.
Analyse data to produce a laboratory report on stress reactivity
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Stress Concepts
Coping and Anxiety (pre-operation anxiety)
Biological Systems: Autonomic/Endocrine/Immune
Allostatic Load, Inflammation and Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Disease.
Negative Emotions and Individual Differences
Laboratory Workshops: Measures of Stress Reactivity
Module Overview:
This module covers the concept of stress and coping and how it relates to health outcomes.
This module covers the concept of stress and coping and how it relates to health outcomes.
Additional Information:To achieve these aims the module will focus on:
1. Stress concepts and theories of coping
2. Components of psychoneuroimmunology relating to the stress response (autonomic, endocrine, immune, neurological)
3. The contribution of negative emotion and individual differences to cardiovascular disease and biological ageing
4. Research skills necessary to write a laboratory report based on quantitative data