PSYO 1012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Situation Two, Common Cold, Stress Management

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYO 1012
• Professor: Stephanie Jones

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Coping/coping strategies - we always have this, conscious or unconscious. Anything that a person does to manage the emotional and or physiological responses to stress. Getting away from or changing the negative feelings associated with stress. I will leave for a while, go for a run, grab a coffee, or watch a movie, and return home whe(cid:374) i do(cid:374)"t feel so (cid:373)ad a(cid:374)y(cid:373)ore. Ca(cid:374)cel all u(cid:374)i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t co(cid:373)(cid:373)it(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts a(cid:374)d just start pla(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g, do(cid:374)"t waste a(cid:374)y ti(cid:373)e. Study at least a week before for each of them, find time to exercise, make reviewers. Problem-focused -coming up w a practical solution to problem to limit your stress. When we feel like we have control/something we can do about the situation. Emotion-focused coping - we feel like we can change the situation, we try to change the way we respond to it instead. Working through the emotions helps & mitigate the strain of stress on ur body & mind.