PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14.3: Frontal Lobe, Brainstem, Learned Helplessness
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Those who wrote meaningful narratives of emotions and thoughts came out ahead. Ability to cope will dictate whether or not you are happy. Coping: process used to manage demands, stress, and conflict: problem and emotion focused coping. Not all techniques actually help, different ones apply in different situations. Most power method: focus on positive emotions. Positive emotions can affect how we perceive and think, negative mood narrows the focus of attention: + emotions cause an expansion of the focus of attention and can increase creativity. Affect on ans: when participants watched + films after scary movie, heart returned to normal rate faster than when sad clip. Broaden and build theory: + emotions broaden abilities and therefore over time one can build on them. Optimism: tendency to gave a favourable, constructive view on situations and to expect + outcome (correlated w. better phys. Pessimism: negative perception of life and expectation of emotions. Extraversion: more likely to seek help from others.
