PSYC 3690 Lecture 16: Community Lecture 16.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3690
• Professor: Benjamin Gottlieb

Document Summary

Unpack the definition into the components: process-oriented, coping-oriented. Won"t be asked to give the definition of coping. Everything in the section on stages in the coping process are examples of stages for different kinds of stressors; won"t ask us about that. We must be concerned about whether these stages are assumed to be invariant in sequence; one logically falls after the other, people spend the same amount of time at each stage : reasons: Clinically, one sees that the sequence can be variable . A stage model creates expectations in both the person and those involved with the person with respect to appropriate feelings and actions ; everyone is different when it comes to going through the stages. A coping function refers to the purpose a strategy serves; outcome refers to the effect a strategy has . The 2 main purposes/goals of coping: regulate emotions, deal with the stressor if it"s controllable.