PSYC 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: United States Academic Decathlon, Stress Management
19 Jun 2018
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Week 11 Notes: Stress, Coping, Adjustment, and Health
- How does my personality help/hinder my health?
Health and Illness
- 25% of health care costs are modifiable factors
- List the risk factors
Models of the Personality-Illness Connection
There are 5 models that have been proposed to account for the relationship between
personality and illness
Interactional Model
- Personality is proposed to influence the relationship between stress and illness
- Objective events happen to people, which have the capacity to induce stress, but these
objective events don’t lead to illness
- Personality affects how we cope, and the outcome takes a particular path
- You personality influences your vulnerability to stress and illnesses
Example: you got a bad grade on the exam
- If you are a high-achiever, a perfectionist
- You will perceive the bad grade as either: giving up, thinking you will fail on everything
or the bad grade will motivate you to do better, but you will over-compensate and push
yourself
Transactional Model
- A more complex representation as how people encounter stress in their lives
Personality has three possible effects on how you respond to a stressor:
1. Influences coping, how you cope
2. Can influence if a person appraises a situation in a positive way or negative way
3. Personality will impact which events are more likely to happen to you
People put themselves in stressful situations
Example: an impulsive person is more likely to put themselves in stressful situations
Appraisals:
- You look at the situation as something good or bad
- You decide if you can overcome the situation or not
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Document Summary
Week 11 notes: stress, coping, adjustment, and health. 25% of health care costs are modifiable factors. There are 5 models that have been proposed to account for the relationship between personality and illness. Personality is proposed to influence the relationship between stress and illness. Objective events happen to people, which have the capacity to induce stress, but these objective events don"t lead to illness. Personality affects how we cope, and the outcome takes a particular path. You personality influences your vulnerability to stress and illnesses. Example: you got a bad grade on the exam. You will perceive the bad grade as either: giving up, thinking you will fail on everything or the bad grade will motivate you to do better, but you will over-compensate and push yourself. A more complex representation as how people encounter stress in their lives. Personality has three possible effects on how you respond to a stressor:
