PSY100H1 Lecture 23: Psy100 Lecture 23
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Emotional elephant" resist the power of the situation; stepping out of the context is necessary. People ate 50% more of disgusting popcorn just because they had a bigger tub of popcorn. 1st, let"s recognize that suppression and rumination aren"t great strategies. Ego has bunch of tools and strategies to influence yourself. Forms of suppression (pushing away) is a defense mechanism blends into rumination (the tendency to think about yourself/your problems/your life) and overtime you develop a negative self-esteem and a negative schema about themselves. Problem-focused coping: opposite of this is giving-up; if problem- focused coping is taken to far it can result in rumination. Hope form problem-focused coping is mostly a misguided hope. We could always try do something about the situation . Sometimes we can"t the situation (past regrets, chronic insecurity), or else problem-focused coping doesn"t really apply (daily hassles stressors)
