PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Relative Deprivation, Assertiveness, Lemonade
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Health psychology: our behaviors and attitudes affect our health, compared to traditional medical model, take a more active and holistic approach. What is a stressor: an environmental event. Types of stressors: eustress- stress of positive events, distress (duress)- stress of negative events, daily hassles. Small day to day irritations and annoyances. Combined effects similar to major life events. Microaggressions- brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory or negative slights and insults; typically involve race, gender, or sexuality. What is stress: (cid:862)patter(cid:374) of (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ioral a(cid:374)d ph(cid:455)siologi(cid:272)al respo(cid:374)ses to e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts that (cid:373)at(cid:272)h or e(cid:454)(cid:272)eed (cid:455)our a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to respo(cid:374)d i(cid:374) a health(cid:455) (cid:449)a(cid:455)(cid:863, small amount is okay, does not exist objectively. 3 characteristics- challenge, commitment, control: optimism. (cid:862)(cid:373)ake le(cid:373)o(cid:374)s out of le(cid:373)o(cid:374)ade(cid:863), see the glass half-full. Explanatory style three dimensions: internal versus external, stable versus unstable, and global versus specific.
