PSY 2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Fallacy

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2012
• Professor: Ron Chandler

Document Summary

Adapt to the stressor and find was to cope with it. Exhaustion loss of energy due to prolonged, uncontrollable stressor: organ damage, depression, anxiety, breakdown of the immune system. Tend and befriend reaction that mobilizes ppl to nurture or seek social support under stress they nurture or seek social support when faced w. a potentally dangerous situation. Social support relationships w. ppl and groups that can provide us w. emotional comfort and personal and financial resources: higher levels, mortality rate. Gaining control of situations can also relieve stress: 5 types, behavioral, cognitive, decisional, emotional informational, ability ot suppress or to express emotions. Catharsis: the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from. A set of attitudes in which one is committed to one"s life and work: views change as a a challenge rather than a threat, believes one can control events, related to low-levels of anxiety proneness optimistic. Ppl are more productive more focused: and handle frustration better.