01:830:101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Type A And Type B Personality Theory, Cardiovascular Disease, Behaviorism
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Life change: brings changes in how individual lives and requires considerable adaptation: social readjustment rating scale (srrs; holmes & rahe, 1967, positive or negative events, identify major stressful life events. Each one of the 43 stressful life events was awarded a life change unit depending on how traumatic it was felt to be by a large sample of participants. 1970): rats exposed to electric shock, one group could control the shock, one group couldn"t, rats that couldn"t control the shock experienced more stress and developed more ulcers, what (cid:449)as rodi(cid:374) a(cid:374)d la(cid:374)ge(cid:396)"s (cid:862)pla(cid:374)t stud(cid:455)? (cid:863) Increased control among nursing home residents: 2 groups got the same stuff and activities but experimental got to choose and had control. Those with the increase control were doing better in the short term- more happy and vibrant. What are primary and secondary appraisal: appraisal (interpretation) rather than objective circumstances.
