PSYC 314 Lecture Notes - Electrodermal Activity, Social Capital, Cortisol
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Emotional social support: positive affect, encouragement, reassurance that that person is cared for and is a valued person, expressing warmth and nuturance. Tangible social support: concrete resources, ex. monitary. , servives, goods, etc. Informational social support: providing information/examples about something. Appraisal social support: help someone try to interpret how they think about an event, getting someone to think differently about an event. Invisible/implicit social support: providing support but they arent aware that you helped them in some way. Emotional vs. instrumental support: wilson et al. , annals of behavioral medicine, 1999. Confederate provided either emotional support, instrumental support, or no support: wilson et al. , annals of behavioral medicine, 1999. Adolescent girls and boys in laboratory study asked to describe how they would respond to interpersonal stressors. Confederate provided either emotional support, instrumental support, or no support. They brought a group of adolescents in and described different situations to them and asked them how they would respond/react to those situations.
