PSYCH 3BA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Behavioral Activation, Guided Imagery, James W. Pennebaker
27 Jan 2016
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Chapter 7: making the most of emotional experiences: emotion-focused. At worst, public and professionals characterized emotions as toxic to our lives/ detrimental to rational decision making. At best, emotions portrayed as reflections of life satisfaction or signals of specific daily actions. Emotion-focused coping: discovering the adaptive potential of emotional. Emotional experiences often linked to maladaptive outcomes in life in 20th century. Annette stanton - considered adaptive potential of emotion-focused coping (regulating emotions surrounding a stressful encounter) --> problem in how emotions were defined and measured in research. Governed by two neurobiological systems that govern approach (appetitive) and avoidance behaviour behavioural activation system - regulates our appetitive motivation --> helps us realize emotional or behavioural rewards behavioural inhibition system - helps us avoid negative evens and punishment. Stanton identified 2 related processes in approach-oritented emotion-focused coping. Emotional expression - free and international displays of feelings. Created scales from this depicted in table 7. 1.
