Psychology 2035A/B Lecture : Stress and Coping

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Prologue: what is perceived control: control deprivation in animals, learned helplessness in people, reactions to illness, controlling our thoughts. learned contingency between action and outcome in harness; applied to the shuttle box: second dog did not learn in the harness. didn t learn the contingency in the shuttle box: prior exposure to uncontrollable shocks (in harness) learned helplessness y additional findings, learned helplessness in a wide variety of animals, helplessness generalizes to new situations. since cause is stable and global, no expectation of future control lh. pessimistic/depressive attributional style: student 2: the room was too hot . Perceived control in the elderly y langer & rodin s nursing home study: elders feel they have no control (can t close the door, asked the director of nursing home to send messages: group 1: encourage to take control of their lives. group 2: not encouraged to take control: 18 months later:

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