Physiological Measures^

Question 1

Skin Conductance Response

Answer 1

based on the fight or flight response
experience stress, the autonomic NS is aroused
more sweat
- detected by the hand with electrodes attached
weak electric current is used for the electrodes to measure amount of electricity conducted
can be measured in microSiemens

Question 2

Skin Conductance

Answer 2

more we sweat = more conductance
tonic - not experience a stimulus (baseline)
phasic - have a stimulus to trigger
- SCR follows a typical pattern (takes 4-5 sec)

Question 3

Measure

Answer 3

heart rate
respiration
blood pressure
makes a polygraph

Question 4

Other Physiological Measures

Answer 4

blood pressure increases with pos and neg stressadrenaline = acute stress biomakercortisol = chronic SBiomakercan be measures in urine and bloodlevels vary throughout the day- need a baseline measure of low stress- can draw accurate comparisonscortisol can be measured in saliva,
: preferable to take samples all day

Question 5

Individual Differences

Answer 5

P vary in their SCR, can be subdivided
- stabiles: SCR vary little at rest
- labiles: produce lots of SCR even at rest
lot of research don’t account for it, so use SCR
- SCR need more work than just comparing tonic to phasic
- researchers need to ‘signpost’ whether P are stabiles or labiles for more accurate reading

Question 6

Scientific Measures

Answer 6

more scientific than self report
- SCR, blood pressure, hormones are linked to stress
but researchers don’t have to account for ID as baseline measures vary between P
- if done, then results are not biased