PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Etiology, Reuptake, Learned Helplessness

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2AP3
• Professor: Richard B Day

Document Summary

Individual experiences failure: work (cid:449)ith dogs o(cid:374) (cid:862)lear(cid:374)ed helpless(cid:374)ess(cid:863, how individuals attribute causes to their failures. Individuals that are prone to depression have negative attributions to their failures. Internal reasons (cid:862)i failed (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause i su(cid:272)k(cid:863) Glo(cid:271)al reaso(cid:374)s: (cid:862)so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g (cid:448)ery (cid:271)ig a(cid:374)d i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t a(cid:271)out (cid:373)e like (cid:373)y le(cid:448)el of intelligence i"(cid:373) (cid:374)ot s(cid:373)art e(cid:374)ough(cid:863) Ta(cid:271)le reaso(cid:374)s: (cid:862)so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g u(cid:374)(cid:272)ha(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g a(cid:271)out (cid:373)e something i (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge about myself i"ll al(cid:449)ays (cid:271)e like this(cid:863: helpless(cid:374)ess: (cid:862)i (cid:272)a(cid:374) do (cid:374)othi(cid:374)g(cid:863) It"s all (cid:272)ognitive: dbt dialectical behaviour therapy. Presence of depressogenic schemata: depressive ways of thinking about things, unrealistically negative views. I"(cid:373) goi(cid:374)g (cid:374)o(cid:449)here, i"(cid:373) i(cid:374) a terri(cid:271)le situatio(cid:374), (cid:374)othi(cid:374)g is goi(cid:374)g (cid:449)ell right now. I"(cid:373) a failure (cid:374)o(cid:449), i"ll al(cid:449)ays (cid:271)e a failure: systematic errors in logic: Drawing conclusions on the basis of no evidence or even in the face of contradicting evidence: doing a really good talk and people cheering and stuff (cid:862)they (cid:449)ere just doi(cid:374)g that to (cid:373)ake (cid:373)e feel (cid:271)etter(cid:863)