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CONTEMPORARY ISSUES INPSYCHOLOGY:
A BIOLOGICAL APPROACH
Rebecca Dwyer & Dr Maribel Cordero
m.cordero@mmu.ac.uk
Office Hours: Wednesdays 1pm -3 pm Room 3.53
,LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this lecture you should be able to:
1. Summarise the biological approach
2. Apply this approach to stress
,OVERVIEW
Part 1: Case study
Discussion of case study
Part 2: Overview of the approach
Assumptions
Using the biological approach to understand stress and the stress response and
consequences of stress
After Break:
Measurements of stress
Part 3: My Research Interests
, CASE STUDY
Karen has been asked to work in a group for a presentation as part of her co
She is struggling to get on with the other people in her group and it is causin
a lot of stress. The other students have all done psychology before and she
so sometimes she doesn't understand what is being talked about in meeting
She's also the only one who commutes to Uni so she sometimes can't make
meetings and feels excluded. She is now dreading meeting her group becau
meetings make her feel bad about herself and down. She knows that she ha
complete the work for the deadline and co-operate with her group members
pass, but she's feeling very anxious about the work and feels like she's the o
one who is worried about the quality of the work and getting things done. Th
now starting to affect her sleep, and she is struggling to get up in the morni
starts to feel very panicky when it's time to meet the other members of the
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