PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Learned Helplessness
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How we know we are stressed: appraising the situaion. Primary appraisals lead to 3 answers: situaion is relevant to me, situaion is relevant but not threatening, situaion is relevant and threatening = stress producing. Universals & unique appraisals: house burning. Universal: not being able to cross a road. Coping: cogniive and behavioural eforts to deal with demands that the environment throws at you which causes stress, can be adapive or maladapive. Learned helplessness: passivity, unavoidable aversive experiences, disengaged. Direcing negaive energy at another person makes you angrier. Indulgence: stress eaing, gambling, alcohol & drugs, compensate by doing something pleasurable. Anicipatory coping: plan in advance, reduces stress (packing a week in advance) Problem focused coping: faces problem head on, reduce, modify or eliminate source of stress, taking the bull by the horns . Emoion focused coping: reduces the emoional impact of the stressor, recognize/ regulate disrupive emoional reacions. May have posiive efects on the immune system.
