Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Learned Helplessness, Road Rage, Problem Solving

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Alvin Segal

Document Summary

Coping patterns of limited value: giving up, people tend to withdraw from the battle, this response is associated with sadness and dejection, martin selgimen developed a model about this giving up syndrome, this syndrome is called learned helplessness . It consists of spending an inordinate amount of time on the internet and an inability to control online use: this coping strategy results in disruption in time, which ultimately increases stress levels. Using defensive coping: defense mechanisms are largely unconscious reactions that protect a person from unpleasant emotions such as anxiety and guilt. What do defense mechanisms defend against: they shield the person from emotional discomfort elicited by stress, mostly anxiety. How do they work: they work through self-deception, they distort reality so that it does not appear to be threatening. Are they conscious or unconscious: freud said they operate at the unconscious level, but, nowadays we say that people have some awareness of it, they can be both.