PSYC 203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Sigmund Freud, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Belief

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 203
• Professor: Lenka Zdrazilova

Document Summary

Describe the variety of coping strategies that people use. Understand why it is beneficial to use a variety of coping strategies and how these strategies differ in their adaptive value. Most people rely on variety of coping strategies, some more than others. Coping flexibility , therefore moderate stability across varied situations. Coping strategies vary in adaptive value from (helpful to counterproductive) Analyze the adaptive value of giving up as a response to stress. Describe the adaptive value of aggression as a response to stress, including the research on media violence as catharsis. Evaluate the adaptive value of indulging yourself as a response to stress. Discuss the adaptive value of self-blame as a response to stress. Evaluate the adaptive value of defense mechanisms, including recent work on healthy illusions. Learned helplessness passive behaviour produced by exposure to unavoidable aversive events. People often blame poor situations to personal inadequacies or things beyond their control.