101193 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Health Psychology
21 Apr 2019
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Someone offering esteem support might point out the strengths you"re forgetting you have, or just let you know that they believe in you. Life coaches and many therapists offer this type of support to let their clients know that they believe in them; this often leads to clients believing in themselves more. Primary appraisal is an assessment of how significant an event is for a person, including whether it is a threat or opportunity. Secondary appraisal then considers one"s ability to cope or take advantage of the situation. A process model of appraisal describes the detail of cognitive operations, mechanisms and dynamics by which the appraisal happens. In other words, the structural model is the static map and the process model is the dynamic operation. This is a cognitive approach to understanding emotions. Other theories view emotion as more reactive, without the opportunity to think.
