Psychology 1100E Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Perceived Control, Parasympathetic Nervous System, Autonomic Nervous System
11 Mar 2019
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Processes used to manage demands, stress and conflict. Intentionally managing appraised discrepancy between demands & resources. Vulnerability factors higher susceptibility to stress. 3 c"s commitment, control and challenge (kobasa) Belief in one"s ability to cope successfully. Success in the past will increase one"s coping self-efficacy. Peer success and verbal encouragement can also increase coping self- efficacy. Deriving meaning out of stressful negative experiences. Goal address root problem of stressor. Change the situation so it"s no longer stressful. Perceived control significant effect on our ability to cope. Compensatory control psychological strategies to perceive order in low control situations. Experiment: those put into situations where they feel like they have less control were more likely to say they saw a picture in an array where there wasn"t one. Goal manage emotional responses resulting from stressful situations. Strategies to reduce negative effect of emotions on self and others. Goal having others help in reducing stressor.
