PSYC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Wishful Thinking, Hypertension, Operation N

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 203
• Professor: Lenka Zdrazilova

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Coping: efforts to master, reduce, or tolerate the demands created by stress. Identify and understand coping patterns; limited vs. helpful strategies. Understand and identify 3 dimensions: appraisal-focused (cognitive, problem-focused (behavioral, emotional-focused (emotional) School pressures: exams, assignments, deadlines, grades, work pressures, balancing work with school, issues with co-workers, deadlines, boredom, unemployment. Personal pressures: relationship problems, issues with parents or other family members, disagreements with friends. Model of giving up: animals are given repeated electric shocks, later given the opportunity to escape, some too apathetic to learn the escape route, i. e. learned helplessness. Self-indulgence: eating, smoking, drug use, shopping, t. v, internet use, indulgence may be fine as a short-term distraction, problem arises if it gets out of control. Results in pessimistic view of future: negative self-talk counterproductive. Self-delusion defensive coping: avoidance (denial, intellectualization, overcompensation, etc, wishful thinking (fantasy, related to poor health and delays in solutions, purpose: protect against emotional discomfort, healthiest to be realistic about stressful events.