PSYC116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Everest Base Camp, Avoidance Coping
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Control: strong belief in ability to control ones environment, particularly after unsuccessful performances. Challenge: tend to view failure as a challenge a mechanism for improvement. Confidence: strong belief that one is capable of overcoming negative experiences. Greater levels of optimism and approach-based coping. In shock: focused on magnitude, focused on selfish goals, struggled to accept, emotional, unethical behaviour, left asap, avoided mountains. High mt: approach coping, calm/in control, focused on task, focused on bigger goals, accepted situation, suppressed emotions, ethical behaviour, stayed to help, straight back to mountains. Low mt: focused on summit, emotional decision making, focused on individual goals, now or never, dwell on failure. High mt: focused on safe return, rational decision making, sacrifices for others, bigger picture, reframe failure. Interventions need to last many weeks/months to show changes in the long term. Australian football: coach-athlete relationship, coaching philosophy, training environment.
