PSYC 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 41: Autonomic Nervous System, Biofeedback, Learned Helplessness
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Psyc 1 textbook notes module 41: health and coping. Problem-focused coping: attempting to alleviate stress directly by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor: use when we feel a sense of control and think that we can change things. Emotion-focused coping: attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding/ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to our stress reaction: when we believe we cannot change a situation. Learned helplessness: hopelessness and passive resignation an animal/human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events. More vulnerable to bad health with perceived loss of control: losing control = outpouring of stress hormones. External locus of control: perception that chance/outside forces beyond our personal control determine our date. Internal locus of control: perception that we control our own fate. Self-control: ability to control impulses and delay short-term gratification for greater long- term rewards: constantly changing.
