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Title: Applying biopsychosocial frameworks: Stress + Health.
Post by: Camo on October 04, 2011, 01:03:54 pm

Ok I am a little confused on how to present this as I do not understand if we are to split the biological, psychological and socio-cultural factors up like as in the Major Depression, Schizophrenia and Gambling biopsychosocial frameworks. Thought I should clear this up.

Taken from the VCAA websites 2011-2014 study design for Psychology.
Application of a biopsychosocial framework to understanding the relationship between stress and
physical and mental wellbeing:
– physiological and psychological characteristics of responses to stress including fight-flight
response, eustress and distress; strengths and limitations of Selyes’ General Adaptation
Syndrome
– psychological determinants of the stress response; strengths and limitations of Richard Lazarus
and Susan Folkman’s Transactional Model of Stress and Coping
– social, cultural and environmental factors that exacerbate and alleviate the stress response
– allostasis (stability through change brought about by the brain’s regulation of the body’s response
to stress) as a model that integrates biological, psychological and social factors that explain an
individual’s response to stress
– strategies for coping with stress including biofeedback, meditation/relaxation, physical exercise,
social support.

How should we present this information, in details about certain strucutres for stress such as the General adaption syndrome and Richard Lazarusand Susan Folkman’s Transactional Model of Stress and Coping or as biological, psychological and socio-cultural factors.

Title: Re: Applying biopsychosocial frameworks: Stress + Health.
Post by: nathhan. on October 06, 2011, 11:29:54 pm

Umm im not a wizz but im pretty sure its just saying that u need to explain and apply all three factors - biological, psychological and social factors that both alleviate and/or exacerbate the stress response, also my understanding was that depending on what school we go to we have to study either major depression, schitzophrenia or gambling and not know in detail about all three, someone correct me if im wrong!

Title: Re: Applying biopsychosocial frameworks: Stress + Health.
Post by: REBORN on October 07, 2011, 09:34:33 am

GAS - bio
Laz - psych
Social readjustment
Cultural
Environmental factors

Allostasis integrates all

Title: Re: Applying biopsychosocial frameworks: Stress + Health.
Post by: Camo on October 07, 2011, 09:44:34 am

Ok, thank you for clearing that up.