PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Aerobic Exercise, Explanatory Style, Learned Helplessness

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Coping alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioural methods. Problem focused coping attempting to alleviate a stress directly- by changing the stressor or the way we interact with a stressor. Ex; talking directly to the friend who is causing problems. Emotion focused coping attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to our stress reaction occurs when we believe we cant change the situation. Our personal feelings, emotional control, explanatory style, support etc all determine how we will cope. Learned helplessness the hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated bad events. External locus of control the perception that chance or outside forces beyond our personal control determine our fate. Internal locus of control the perception that we control our fate. Self-control the ability to control impulses and delay short term gratification for greater long term rewards.