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Assignment 1 PSY408##

The document outlines various scenarios related to health psychology, focusing on the body's physiological responses to stress and health conditions. It describes the roles of different parts of the nervous system and endocrine glands in managing stress, blood sugar levels, and physical development. Each scenario illustrates how these systems react in specific situations, such as emergencies, stress, and health diagnoses.

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Assignment 1 PSY408##

The document outlines various scenarios related to health psychology, focusing on the body's physiological responses to stress and health conditions. It describes the roles of different parts of the nervous system and endocrine glands in managing stress, blood sugar levels, and physical development. Each scenario illustrates how these systems react in specific situations, such as emergencies, stress, and health diagnoses.

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SEMESTER SPRING 2025

Health PSYCHOLOGY (PSY408)

Assignment No. 01

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Department of Psychology, Virtual University of Pakistan

s. Scenario Identification Rationale


No

1 A driver notices a Sympathetic The body's fight or flight reaction is maintained by the autonomic
child Nervous System nervous system's sympathetic division. When the driver saw the
unexpectedly dart child, this system responded to prepare the body for emergency
onto the road and action: speeding heart rate, releasing
quickly slams the adrenaline, inducing trembling and sweating. The amygdala is
brakes to avoid the part of the brain responsible for threat detection and
an accident. His triggering this response.
heart begins to

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race…
2 After a stressful Parasympathetic Following stress, the parasympathetic nervous
exam, a student Nervous System system intervenes to re-establish calm. It reduces heart
sits down to eat rate, reinstates digestion, and causes relaxation. This
his favorite meal. system encourages rest and digest activities. The
As he begins to hypothalamus controls this change in autonomic function
relax, his heart by sensing stress reduction.
rate slows..
3 A young adult Pancreas The pancreas is an endocrine gland which controls blood sugar
receives news by secreting insulin. It is inadequate in
from the doctor diabetes, failing either to secrete sufficient insulin or for the
that he has high body to resist its effects, resulting in elevated blood glucose
blood sugar levels. The hypothalamus regulates hunger and glucose
levels and is homeostasis through its interaction with the endocrine system
diagnosed with
diabetes…
4 Before giving a Sympathetic Nervousness prior to a speech activates the sympathetic nervous
speech in class, a Nervous System system and adrenal medulla, which secrete adrenaline.
student feels and Adrenal This leads to increased heart rate, dry mouth, and cold hands.
nervous, Glands The amygdala and hypothalamus act in concert to sense and
experiences a dry process stress, initiating the required systems
mouth, increased
heartbeat, and
cold hands. He
struggled …
5 A mother takes Pituitary Gland Anterior pituitary gland releases growth hormone
her child to a (GH), crucial for physical
pediatrician due development. GH deficiency causes delayed physical growth and
to concerns about development in children. The hypothalamus regulates the
short stature and pituitary gland, instructing it to release GH when the body
delayed needs it.

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development.
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