PSYCH 14 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: East Los Angeles College, Jet Lag, Learned Helplessness
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Diathesis-stress model: diathesis stress development of disorder. Precipitating family conflict, significant life changes abuse. Disorder the stronger the diathesis, the less stress is necessary to produce disorder. Genetic characteristics predispose you to get into situations that create disorder. Look at context of event and meaning it has for individual. Strongly related to onset of mood disorders and is strong predictor. Some precipitants of manic episodes seem to be related to loss of sleep (ex. jet lag) Rats having no control over shocks administered example. Learned helplessness theory of depression people become anxious/depressed when they make attribution that they have no control over stress in their lives. Revision de-emphasized specific attributions and highlighted development of sense of hopelessness. Both anxiety and depression feel hopeless and believe they lack control, but only in depression do they give up and become hopeless about ever regaining control. Depressive attributional style it"s all my fault) Internal attributes negative events to personal failings (ex.
