Psychology 2990A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Perceived Control, Learned Helplessness, Trait Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Stress the negative feelings and beliefs that occur whenever people feel unable to cope with demands from their environment. Perceived control the belief that we can influence in ways that determine whether we experience positive or negative outcomes. Self-efficacy the belief in one"s ability to carry out specific actions that produce desired outcomes. Learned helplessness pessimism that results form attributing a negative event to stable internal, and global factors. Stable attribution the belief that the cause of an event is a result of factors that will not change over time, as opposed to unstable factors that will change over time. Internal attribution the inference that a person is behaving in a certain way because of something about him or her such as his or her attitude, character or personality. Coping styles the ways in which people react to stressful events. Fight-or-flight response responding to stress by either attacking the source of the stress or fleeing from it.