Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Occupational Stress, James W. Pennebaker, Posttraumatic Growth

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Coping: efforts to master, reduce, and tolerate the demands created by stress. Ones review found over 400 distinct coping techniques. There are 4 important groupings of coping. Flexibility copers can differentiate among stressful events in terms of controllability and impact. Coping strategies vary in their adaptive value, as not all strategies are created equal. It is best to use a variety of coping strategies rather than just one. Its argued that flexibility in tactics is more desirable than consistently relying on the same strategy. When confronted with stress, sometimes an individual may give up and withdraw from the battle. Apathy and inaction associated with emotional reactions of sadness and dejection. Learned helplessness: passive behavior produced by exposure to unavoidable aversive events. This tendency to give up may be transferred to situations in which one is not actually helpless. Learned helplessness was originally viewed as a product of conditioning.