Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Learned Helplessness, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Road Rage
8 Jan 2013
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Coping: efforts to master, reduce, or tolerate the demands created by stress; People cope with stress in different ways 400 distinct coping techniques. Carver, scheier, and weintraub found that they could sort their participants" coping tactics into 14 categories. People come to rely on some strategies more than others. However, flexibility in coping is more desirable than consistently relying on the same strategy. I take additional action to try to get rid of the problem. I come up with a strategy about what to do. I put aside other activities in order to concentrate on this. I force myself to wait for the right time to do something. I ask people who have had similar experiences what they did. I talk to someone about how i feel. I get upset and let my emotions out. I look for the good in what is happening. I refuse to believe that it has happened.
